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Democratization and authoritarian party survival : Mexico's PRI / Joy K. Langston.
LIBRA JL1298.R45 L36 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langston, Joy (Joy Kathryn), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
- Democratization--Mexico.
- Democratization.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Politics and government--1988-2000.
- Politics and government.
- Mexico--Politics and government--2000-.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- When Mexico's authoritarian Institutional Revolution Party (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse. To the surprise of many, however, the PRI returned to the presidency in 2012. Democratization and Authoritarian Party Survival: Mexico's PRI argues that authoritarian parties that survive the transition to democratic elections do so because they are able to adjust to electoral challenges and the rigors of the ballot box more quickly and effectively than their internal party rivals. Such as in the case of the PRI, these electorally-oriented vote winners find ways to cooperate and avoid the dangers of internal ruptures. In the first full-length monograph dedicated to studying the transformation of Mexico's PRI, Joy Langston takes a long lens view of authoritarian party survival, making a substantive and novel contribution to the wider literature on party organizational change and democratization. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The dinosaur that did not die : Mexico's PRI from 1982 to 2012
- Theorizing authoritarian party survival
- The PRI under hegemony
- The transition to democracy and the struggles to take over the party
- The challenges of (authoritarian) party survival after democratization
- Voting behavior in Mexico
- Changes to candidate selection and political recruitment
- Changing federal deputy campaigns
- Authority and delegation in the chamber of deputies
- Comparing the PRI experience in Kenya and Taiwan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190628512
- 0190628510
- 9780190628529
- 0190628529
- OCLC:
- 963913733
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