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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 ...
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, ...