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Historically, Latin American political regimes have sought to postpone far-reaching economic reforms and improvements in living standards in order to facilitate the accumulation of private capital. These goals have led to exclusion of the lower classes from the political process altogether or to efforts to control their political mobilization. The ability of governments to maintain such control has often been attributed to the lack of political sophistication by the working class or to the distribution of benefits through patron-client networks designed to preserve the hegemony of ruling parti

Why practicing Catholic workers are more supportive than secular workers of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional; Mexico.

The "labor aristocracy thesis" attributes the political quiescence of industrial workers in many Third World capitalist nations to their relative economic privilege. Presumably elite status in the work force generates satisfaction with the prevailing socio-political order which, in turn, leads to quiescent political behavior. This thesis, however, fails to explain the political quiescence exhibited by a sample of Mexican and Venezuelan workers interviewed in 1979-80

The "labor aristocracy thesis" attributes the political quiescence of industrial workers in many Third World capitalist nations to their relative economic privilege. Presumably elite status in the LF generates satisfaction with the prevailing sociopolitical order, which, in turn, leads to quiescent political behavior. This thesis fails to explain the political quiescence exhibited by samples of Mexican & Venezuelan workers (N = 500 & 519, respectively) who were interviewed in 1979/80. 5 Tables, 21 References. Modified HA