Emergence of Multiparty Competition in Mexican Politics

List of contents

1: Introduction; 2: Diffusion Processes; 3: The Present Study; 4: Shares of the Popular Vote; 5: Change in Shares of the Popular Vote; 6: Change in the Dissimilarity Index; 7: Conclusions: The Emergence of Competitive Politics

About the author

Patricia Huesca-Dorantes

Summary

This title was first published in 2003. Mexico's presidential election in 2000 marked the end of 71 years of one-party rule, after a slow process of emergence of democratic institutions and viable second-party candidates. Yet the process of democratization has been uneven, proceeding much more rapidly in some regions than in others. This book examines whether diffusion processes have been at work or whether broader national processes of change have unfolded across an uneven socio-economic map. Using new methods of spatial econometrics, it explores how multi-party politics have emerged in a single country, testing both spatial diffusion and political development theories. Mexico makes an interesting study - with its contrasting borders, different kinds of geography, and levels of industrialisation and development, it involves a wide range of variables as well as socio-economic aspects of the population that display sharp regional differentiation.

Product details

• Authors: HUESCA DORANTES, Patricia Huesca-Dorantes, Huesca-Dorantes Patricia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138715516
• ISBN: 978-1-138-71551-6
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Mexico, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structures: democracy, Political ideologies and movements, Mexico;One-party;Democratization;Multi-party