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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 ...
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 ...
A rational partisan explanation for irrational (sub) sovereign debt behavior: evidence from municipal Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2014)
If investors and governments are rational, then governments with similar macro-economic characteristics should exhibit similarly balanced debt portfolios among financing instruments. Yet, anecdotal evidence suggests this ...
The origins of Mexico's municipal usos y costumbres regimes: supporting local political participation or local authoritarian control?
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2011)
Despite Mexico’s shift to nationally competitive politics, the majority of the nation’s subnational governments have experienced little to no political change. This study seeks to contribute to our understanding of subnational ...