Mexican Politics in Transition

ISBN-13: 9780367010638 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 320 str.

Judith Gentleman

Opis

Initiated in the mid-1970s, Mexico's program of political reform was designed to provide a new opportunity for political competition. In this book, contributors examine the significance political mobilization has had and the extent to which the reform has served as a vehicle for defusing discontent in the wake of Mexico's failed oil-based development program and the related financial collapse. Specifically, they analyze the Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) performance within the more fluid political context, the development of expanded organized political opposition, the renewal of activity by the National Action Party (PAN), and the response of the Mexican citizenry. The book provides the only detailed empirical analysis of the outcomes of reform initiatives currently available and makes a valuable contribution to the theoretical literature on the process of political "democratization" within authoritarian systems. The case of Mexico is particularly interesting from a theoretical perspective, given the earlier absence of a fully functioning multiparty system in the postrevolutionary period, the development of wholly new instruments for the representation of opposing interests, and the transformation of the roles of established organizations.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Political Change in Authoritarian Systems -- Political Reform and Economic Crisis in Mexico -- Political Liberalization in an Authoritarian Regime: Mexico, 1976-1985 -- Mexico After the Oil Boom: PRI Management of the Political Impact of National Disillusionment -- Can the PRI Be Reformed? Decentralizing Candidate Selection1 -- Recent Performance in the Political System -- Changing Patterns of Electoral Participation and Official Party Support in Mexico1 -- Democracy and Power in Mexico: The Meaning of Conflict in the 1979, 1982, and 1985 Federal Elections -- Elections and Political Culture in Mexico -- The Significance of Recent Events for the Mexican Political System -- Perspectives on the Political Opposition -- "The Opposition" in Mexico: Always a Bridesmaid, Never Yet the Bride -- Opposition in Mexico: A Comparison of Leadership -- The PAN, the Private Sector, and the Future of the Mexican Opposition -- The PSUM: The Unification Process on the Mexican Left, 1981-1985