Part of five volume series that commemorates 40th anniversary of El Colegio de Michoacan with wide ranging studies of principal national, regional and local realities. This volume contains chapters on politics, economy and civic participation; on questioning and resignification of democracy; on violence, politics and society; and on culture, communication and powers that be. Includes glossary of political terms used in text and timeline of political transition between 1986 and 2018.