Formal Electoral Fairness in Mexico's States (1996–2007)
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https://doi.org/10.18504/pl1733-007-2009Keywords:
electoral governance, electoral law, subnational politics, democratization, Mexico.Abstract
The paper examines the formal rules of electoral governance in Mexico's federal states. For this purpose, an index of "formal electoral fairness" is developed. It shows how conditions for free and fair elections are established through improvements in the electoral laws at the sub–national level from 1996 to 2007. Using a regression model for Panel data, the analysis finds evidence that local politics do matter for explaining the quality of legal electoral fairness. The paper concludes by discussing a research agenda which aims at a better understanding of the development and functioning of the electoral governance at the sub–national level in Mexico.Downloads
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Mozaffar, Shaheen y Andreas Schedler, 2002, "The Comparative Study of Electoral Governance–Introduction", International Political Science Review, vol. 23, núm. 1, pp. 5–27.
Nieto, Santiago, 2003, Interpretación y argumentación jurídicas en materia electoral, México, IIJ–UNAM.
Pastor, Robert A., 1999, "The Role of Electoral Administration in Democratic Transitions: Implications for Policy and Research", Democratization, vol. 6, núm. 4, pp. 1–27.
Petersen, Trond, 2004, "Analyzing Panel Data: Fixed and Random–Effects Models", en Melissa Hardy y Alan Bryman (eds.), Handbook of Data Analysis, Londres, Sage, pp. 332–346.
Schedler, Andreas, 2006, "The Logic of Electoral Authoritarianism", en Andreas Schedler (ed.), Electoral Authoritarianism: The Dynamics of Unfree Competition, Boulder Co., Lynne Reiner, pp. 1–26.
Schedler, Andreas, 2004a, "From Electoral Authoritarianism to Democratic Consolidation", en Russell Crandall, Guadalupe Paz y Riordan Roett (eds.), Mexico's Democracy at Work: Political and Economic Dynamics, Boulder, Co., Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 9–39.
Schedler, Andreas, 2004b, "Measuring the Formal Independence of Electoral Governance", Documentos de Trabajo del CIDE, núm. 164, México, 2004.
Snyder, Richard, 1999, "Scaling Down: The Subnational Comparative Method", Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. 36, núm. 1, pp. 93–110.
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Monsiváis Carrillo, A. (2009). Formal Electoral Fairness in Mexico’s States (1996–2007). Perfiles Latinoamericanos, 17(33), 7–37. https://doi.org/10.18504/pl1733-007-2009
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