Bulletin n. 2-3/2012
October 2012-February 2013
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Rodríguez Rogelio Hernández, Pansters Wil G.
    Democracy in Mexico and the Return of the pri
    in Foro Internacional , VOLUMEN LII - NÚMERO 4 ,  2012
    In 2012 the Mexican democratic system confronted a new kind of alternation of governments. One of the principal characteristics of this challenge was the electoral recovery of the pri, which seemed certain to win, representing for some a return to authoritarian rule. The essay considers this possibility in the light of analysis of the institutional maturity of political changes (electoral, in competency and participation, relations between branches of power and between the federation and the states), and concludes that such a return to the past is unlikely. However, this conclusion does not mean that democracy is becoming entrenched, given the resistance offered by numerous informal practices such as clientelism, corporatism, corruption and the lack of effective rule of law.
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