Consolidating Mexico''s Democracy - The 2006 Presidential Campaign in Comparative Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Jorge I. Dominguez is the Antonio Madero Professor of Mexican and Latin American Politics and Economics at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books! including Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean! also published by Johns Hopkins. Chappell Lawson is an associate professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Building the Fourth Estate: Democratization and the Rise of a Free Press in Mexico. Alejandro Moreno is a professor of political science at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico and author of Political Cleavages: Issues! Parties! and the Consolidation of Democracy. Klappentext In 2006! Felipe Calderon narrowly defeated Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico's hotly contested presidential election. Mexico's 2006 presidential race demonstrated the importance of contested elections in democratic consolidation. This book presents an examination of this historic election. Zusammenfassung The essays here suggest the 2006 election! which was only the second fully free and competitive presidential election allowed by the Mexican government! edged the country closer to the pattern of public opinion and voting behavior that is familiar in well-established democracies in North America and Western Europe.

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• Authors: Jorge I. Dom¿uez, Jorge I. Lawson Dominguez, Jorge Domínguez
• Assisted by: Jorge I. Doma-Nguez (Editor), Jorge I. Dominguez (Editor), Chappell H. Lawson (Editor), Chappell H. (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) Lawson (Editor), Alejandro Moreno (Editor), Alejandro (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico) Moreno (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.08.2009
• EAN: 9780801892523
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9252-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system