Savage Democracy: Institutional Change and Party Development in Mexico

by Steven T. Wuhs

Book Overview

Mexico 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027103422X
• ISBN13: 9780271034225
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"