Search
Now showing items 1-3 of 3
Demise and resurrection of a dominant party: understanding the PRI's comeback in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2013)
Dominance by a single party can deteriorate the quality of representation. Yet, surprisingly, voters sometimes support a formerly dominant party they had previously thrown out of power. As an important case, this essay ...
Was Mexico's 2012 election undemocratic?: assessing the fraud accusations
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2013)
This essay studies the main allegations of undemocratic practices in the 2012 election in Mexico, such as vote buying, clientelism and media bias. I evaluate the merit of each accusation based on the available evidence ...
The 2012 election in Mexico: campaigns, results and conflict
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2013)
This paper analyzes the 2012 election in Mexico: the campaigns, the results, and the post-electoral dispute. Given the party’s authoritarian past, victory of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has generated concern ...