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GOMEZ ESTRADA, José Alfredo. State elite and political practices. An approach to the study of corruption in Mexico between 1920 and 1934. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2016, n.52, pp.52-68. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehmcm.2016.09.002.

This article is an approach to governmental corruption in Mexico between 1920 and 1934. It contains information about state elite's corrupt practices; especially those by presidents Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles allies. The cases referred to portray early stages of corruption in various governmental sectors and headquarters as a result of political circumstances dominated by revolutionary officers, cliental and amity relations of Obregón and Elías Calles, and the recruiting practices of these two heads of state.

Palabras llave : Twentieth century history; State elite; Government; Corruption; Politics.

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