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Confronting pluralism: constitutional reform in Mexico after Fox
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
Since 2000 Mexico is experiencing two novel political conditions: the defeat of the PRI in a competitive presidential election and a new presidency without majority in either chamber of a bicameral congress. In what is ...
Cabinet turnover and talent searches
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
We develop and test arguments about the causes of individual-level cabinet turnover in parliamentary democracies. Unlike studies of cabinet duration, which focus on bargaining failure across parties, our arguments focus ...
Structural reform, democratic governance, and institutional design in Latin America
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
This essay reviews four important books about the origins and consequences of market-based reforms during the past two decades in Latin America. It suggests that we need to accelerate the integration of what remain four ...
The fall of the dominant presidency: lawmaking under divided government in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
Transition from authoritarianism to democracy involved the dismantling of the hegemonic party system. Through a long and complex process that gained momentum after the 1988 presidential elections, the political hegemony ...
¿Qué hay de malo con la parálisis?: democracia y gobierno dividido en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
El optimismo generado por el advenimiento de la presidencia acotada en 1997 ha dado lugar con el tiempo a la preocupación por el equilibrio de poderes que se ha generado por el gobierno dividido. Se ha generalizado una ...