The purpose of this paper is to analyze why the PAN accquired such unprecedented strength in the northern state of Chihuahua in the early 1980's, why it was weakened towards the latter part of the 1980's, and why it acquired ...

En la primera parte de este trabajo defino el término "desempeño" y analizo diferentes factores que lo condicionan. En la segunda parte presento evidencia empírica y evalúo las acciones del gobierno en las áreas de fomento ...

This chapter explores the effects of the PAN's organizational characteristics on the design of its strategy for negotiation of the rules of political competition. It is divided into three parts. The first considers the ...

This paper analyzes the dilemmas the PAN is beginning to confront as its electoral base grows and its office opportunities expand. The argument is that during the past 10 years, one of the PAN's greatest sources of electoral ...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate these criticisms in the light of Barrio's two years in office. While a final verdict of his administration is premature and beyond the scope of this analysis, it is nonetheless ...

At the end of the 1980s, Mexico's political landscape experienced dramatic changes as the conservative opposition party, Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) started to win important local elections in several states, particularly ...