Mexico's New Politics : : the Pan and Democratic Change / / David A. Shirk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Shirk, David A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (279 p.)

Mexico’s presidential elections in July 2000 brought victory to National Action Party (PAN) candidate Vicente Fox—and also the hope of democratic change after decades of single-party rule. Tracing the key themes and dynamics of a century of political development in Mexico, David Shirk explores the evolution of the party that ultimately became the vehicle for Fox’s success. Shirk examines the factors that constrained democracy in postrevolutionary Mexico, as well as the protracted democratic transition that occurred over the last few decades. In the process, he shows that Fox’s victory was also the triumph of a new Mexican politics in which voters, candidates, money, and media-driven campaigns—not party leaders or machines—drive political competition. Indeed, Fox’s ability to bring democratic change to Mexico, Shirk demonstrates, was fundamentally constrained by the very trends that brought him to power—with enormous implications for Mexico’s political present and future.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Mexico's Democratization and the Rise of the PAN -- 2. The Democratization of Mexican Politics -- 3. The Origins and Development of the PAN -- 4. The Rise of the PAN -- 5. The 2000 Presidential Election and a New Era of Mexican Politics -- 6. The PAN in Power and the Challenges of Democratic Governance -- 7. Mexico's New Politics and the Prospects for Democracy -- Appendixes -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book