Edwin Ackerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 239153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edwin Ackerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edwin |
| FAMILY NAME | Ackerman |
| SIGNATURE | ACKERMAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7039-324X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A New Day for Mexico’s Labor Movement
Is the Mass Party-Form Still Possible
Mass Party Formation: Land, Civil Society, and Party in Postrevolutionary Mexico
What explains mass party formation? Prevailing approaches explain party formation as a process of reflection of preexisting social constituencies, or as the consequence of the rise of the bureaucratic state and in particular the advent of universal suffrage. These approaches fail to explain why Mexico’s Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) emerged as a mass party in some regions but not others despite attempts to do so and similarity in con…
When Movements Become Parties: The Bolivian MAS in Comparative Perspective
Neoliberalism and Corruption in Mexico: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) left office on November 30, 2018 with the lowest presidential approval rating since polls became widesp
The “Illegal alien” as a category of analysis: A methodological intervention
Illegal alien,” as a category of analysis, should be understood primarily as a discursive formation, yet the emergence and spread of the category in public debate cannot be explained by its discursive qualities. Failing to see this has analytical consequences: it results in a constant sidetracking of the question of why illegality itself came to be a central issue, and in a reification of the category. This paper is intended as a methodological i…
What part of illegal don't you understand: Bureaucracy and Civil Society in the Shaping of Illegality
While unauthorized immigration has existed in the USA since the inception of immigration laws in the early twentieth century, 'illegality' did not become a central concern in mainstream debate until the late 1970s. Existing scholarship has developed two lines of argument to explain the salience of illegality: a state-centred approach that sees bureaucrats pushing forth the category, and a 'bottom-up' approach that emphasizes the grass-roots activ…
What part of illegal don't you understand: Bureaucracy and Civil Society in the Shaping of Illegality
While unauthorized immigration has existed in the USA since the inception of immigration laws in the early twentieth century, 'illegality' did not become a central concern in mainstream debate until the late 1970s. Existing scholarship has developed two lines of argument to explain the salience of illegality: a state-centred approach that sees bureaucrats pushing forth the category, and a 'bottom-up' approach that emphasizes the grass-roots activ…
When Movements Become Parties: The Bolivian MAS in Comparative Perspective
Mass Party Formation: Land, Civil Society, and Party in Postrevolutionary Mexico
What explains mass party formation? Prevailing approaches explain party formation as a process of reflection of preexisting social constituencies, or as the consequence of the rise of the bureaucratic state and in particular the advent of universal suffrage. These approaches fail to explain why Mexico’s Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) emerged as a mass party in some regions but not others despite attempts to do so and similarity in con…
The “Illegal alien” as a category of analysis: A methodological intervention
Illegal alien,” as a category of analysis, should be understood primarily as a discursive formation, yet the emergence and spread of the category in public debate cannot be explained by its discursive qualities. Failing to see this has analytical consequences: it results in a constant sidetracking of the question of why illegality itself came to be a central issue, and in a reification of the category. This paper is intended as a methodological i…
The “Illegal alien” as a category of analysis: A methodological intervention
Illegal alien,” as a category of analysis, should be understood primarily as a discursive formation, yet the emergence and spread of the category in public debate cannot be explained by its discursive qualities. Failing to see this has analytical consequences: it results in a constant sidetracking of the question of why illegality itself came to be a central issue, and in a reification of the category. This paper is intended as a methodological i…
What part of illegal don't you understand: Bureaucracy and Civil Society in the Shaping of Illegality
While unauthorized immigration has existed in the USA since the inception of immigration laws in the early twentieth century, 'illegality' did not become a central concern in mainstream debate until the late 1970s. Existing scholarship has developed two lines of argument to explain the salience of illegality: a state-centred approach that sees bureaucrats pushing forth the category, and a 'bottom-up' approach that emphasizes the grass-roots activ…
Neoliberalism and Corruption in Mexico: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) left office on November 30, 2018 with the lowest presidential approval rating since polls became widesp
Mass Party Formation: Land, Civil Society, and Party in Postrevolutionary Mexico
What explains mass party formation? Prevailing approaches explain party formation as a process of reflection of preexisting social constituencies, or as the consequence of the rise of the bureaucratic state and in particular the advent of universal suffrage. These approaches fail to explain why Mexico’s Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) emerged as a mass party in some regions but not others despite attempts to do so and similarity in con…
When Movements Become Parties: The Bolivian MAS in Comparative Perspective
Is the Mass Party-Form Still Possible
A New Day for Mexico’s Labor Movement
Political science (6 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Bureaucracy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (2 works)