The Pending Electoral Reform
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electoral reform, competitiveness, legal loopholes, legal modifications, |political plurality, governability, MéxicoAbstract
The 1996 electoral reform represento a decisive step toward the establishment of a competitive and democratic system in Mexico. Nevertheless, Mexican politice is changing faster than the multiple modifications in the electoral legislation, including the last reform, and certain legal loopholes still remain for the 2000 elections. Thus, the new government will be forced to introduce a new electoral reform to conciliate the inequalities and unbalances in the party system in Mexico. This essay analyses proposed chantes to the electoral legislatino that seeks to conciliate the new political plurality with governability in the country's near future.Downloads
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