How has congressional campaigning changed during the transicion to democracy in Mexico? To answer this question, I examined how both the hegemonic PRI and the weak opposition parties carried out electoral campaigns during ...

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 ...

In the first section of the paper, the three ruptures will be examined. Within this section, I will examine why no ruptures occurred from 1952 to 1986. Then, to complete the comparative analysis, I will also concentrate ...

This work explains why the PRI has had to change its nomination rules for choosing gubernatorial candidates. The puzzle explored is: why after decades of imposing candidates from above, has the party's leadership been ...

As nations formerly governed by hegemonic parties democratize, party structures undergo dramatic changes, either disappearing or restructuring to become serious competitors in the electoral marketplace. In Mexico, the ...

Este documento analiza el resultado de una encuesta electoral levantada en el estado de Puebla en septiembre de 1998, un mes y medio antes de las elecciones para renovar al gobernador, al congreso local y a las autoridades ...

Las diversas reformas electorales realizadas en México en la posrevolución, primero para consolidar la hegemonía del PRI, después para prolongarla flexibilizando sus condiciones de modo que los partidos de oposición no ...

The formerly-hegemonic PRI has been tranformed due to rising levels of electoral competition. This paper compares the professional profiles of the PRI´s senate candidates before and after the on-set of electoral competition ...