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OverviewMexico finally shed its authoritarian past with the victory of the PAN candidate Vicente Fox in the 2000 election. But the consolidation and growth of democracy in Mexico have been complicated by the institutional residues of the past. Steven Wuhs's investigation of the PAN and PRD begins by depicting how the PRI functioned and then, in successive chapters, compares how PAN and PRD leaders reacted to the PRI's institutions in choosing rules for selecting candidates to run for office, organizing their party's bureaucracy, and linking to groups in civil society. What he shows is that ""savage democracy has undermined the nomination of electable candidates, fostered intense intraparty factions and fights, and interfered with the development of party organizations capable of mounting effective campaigns."" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven T. Wuhs (University of Redlands)Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9780271034225ISBN 10: 027103422 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 15 May 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 . What Is Savage Democracy? 2. Before Savage Democracy: Authoritarianism in Mexico 3. Origins of the Democratic Imperative 4. Selecting Loyalists Versus Picking Winners 5. Partisan Mystics Versus Political Professionals 6. Affiliation Versus Alliance Versus Absorption 7. The End of Savage Democracy? Epilogue: The Legacy of the Democratic Imperative Appendixes References IndexReviews<p> The tale is well told from an institutional standpoint, with careful research and cogent presentation. <p>--E. A. Duff, Choice Steven Wuhs fills a huge gap in the literature on Mexico's emerging democratic regime with this systematic comparative study of party development of the Institutional Revolutionary Party's two challengers, the National Action Party and the Party of the Democratic Revolution. Drawing on the vast scholarship on political parties and his extensive field research, Wuhs shows how the PAN's institutional development allowed it to best the PRD in the quest to oust the PRI. --Joseph L. Klesner, Kenyon College Author InformationSteven T. Wuhs is Director of the Salzburg Program at the University of Redlands, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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