
Mexico's Party Of The Institutional Revolution (pri) Held Executive Power Continuously From 1929 To 2000, When Its Candidate Suffered A Shocking Defeat In The Presidential Elections. This Study, Which Covers The Years 1980-2012, Uses An Institutional Focus To Understand Why The Pri Survived Its Defeat And Loss Of The Resources Of The Executive Bureaucracy To Return Victoriously After Two Six-year Terms Out Of Office. This Work Offers A Model Of The Difficulties Authoritarian Parties Must Face After They Are Ousted From The Executive Through Fair And Free Elections: The Danger Of Dramatic Fractures That Could Destroy The Party And The Possibility Of Mass Voter Rejection.
This study investigates the mechanisms that allow authoritarian political parties to survive and eventually regain power after losing executive control in a democratic transition. Joy Kathryn Langston, a scholar specializing in Mexican politics, utilizes an institutional framework to analyze the internal dynamics of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She argues that the party's survival depends on its ability to manage internal fractures and maintain voter support despite the loss of state-controlled resources.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Experts in Latin American politics recognize this work as a rigorous institutional analysis of party resilience. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the depth of the historical data provided.
Page Count:
244
Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Usa
ISBN-10:
0190628553
ISBN-13:
9780190628550
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