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Stuck in the mud: the politics of constitutional reform in the oil sector in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
The energy industry plays an important role in the Mexican economy, and energy trade is a major component to the U.S.-Mexico relationship. The Mexican government relies on the oil industry for 35% of total government ...
When will incumbents avoid a primary challenge?: primary elections to aggregate partial information about candidates' valence
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
When can a party insider, such as an incumbent, feel safe from an outside challenge for a future nomination? In most countries, parties can choose whether to hold a primary election where the rank-and-file members take a ...
Some facts and fictions about violence and politics in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
This essay examines the effect of Mexico’s security strategy and security situation on public opinion. Political and policy analysts are highly divided as to the merits of the Mexican government’s war against the nation’s ...
Los constituyentes abogados en el congreso de 1916-1917
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
Los diputados constituyentes que tenían formación de abogados fueron un grupo numeroso y participativo, que sí tuvo intervenciones determinantes en las decisiones tomadas por los constituyentes. De manera particular, ...
The (authoritarian) Governor's dilemma: supporting the national authoritarian regime without stoking local demands for political change
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
Studies of authoritarian nations rarely consider the role and activities of regional officials. They are usually assumed to be the involuntary agents of national rulers, or the unwitting victims of local demands for political ...
The Catholic Church, political institutions and electoral outcomes in Oaxaca, Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
This study analyzes two competing arguments about the role of the Catholic Church in state politics Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1990s and 2000s. One line of argument claims that progressive Catholic bishops supported and facilitated ...
The risk of partyarchy and democratic backsliding: Mexico's electoral reform
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
Following the 2006 post-electoral crisis, important changes were made to the Constitution and several ordinary laws in Mexico. Authorities touted that electoral reform as a major triumph for the country’s democracy. However, ...
The twin uncertainty of authoritarian regimes
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
Authoritarian rulers have a twin problem of uncertainty. They have a problem of “institutional uncertainty.” Their survival in power is insecure. And they have a problem of “informational uncertainty.” The foundations of ...