The power to transform? Mexico’s ‘Fourth Transformation’ under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
2020; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 17; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/14747731.2020.1718846
ISSN1474-774X
AutoresRebecka Villanueva Ulfgard, César Villanueva Rivas,
Tópico(s)Public Policy and Governance
ResumoWe engage in a conjunctural analysis of political change (Gramsci; Hall), power (Lukes) and transformation (Polanyi) to inquire into López Obrador's political project; 'The Fourth Transformation' from July 2018 until December 2019. We analyse characteristics and consequences of the use of power by López Obrador as concerns the 'power to do what?' in the name of the 4T, shadowed by structural constraints. Additionally, inquiring the paradox of neoliberal ideas underlying changes in the Federal Public Administration in the name of austerity and the fight against corruption. We conclude that López Obrador is not exploiting this historical conjuncture to bring about 'the primacy of politics over economics,' and that signs have yet to emerge of a comprehensive transformation of the neoliberal economic foundations, from a structural analysis perspective. The paradox of neoliberal ideas underlying the 4T is coupled with a peculiar, backward-looking vision for national transformation; a 'retro-formation' in the making.
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