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The past four decades have witnessed a transformation in the Mexican political system . From an authoritarian political system , ruled by a hegemonic party , it has become a more moderate, pluralist one, marked by electoral competition between contestant parties. This Introduction offers a new theoretical framework to analyze this transformation. Drawing on the classical work of Charles Tilly , Joseph Schumpeter , Adam Przeworski , Maurice Duverger , and V.O. Key, among others, it sets up a dialogue with other salient scholars, in order to understand political change in Mexico. I argue that the fight for clean and fair elections in Mexico has a long history of contestation and conflict, entailing at once movements toward democracy , yet also processes of de-democratization . Indeed, this book focuses on presidential elections in order to elucidate whether these have been obstacles or accelerators in the process of democratization.
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Ortega Ortiz, R.Y. (2017). Introduction: A Longue Durée View of the Process of Democratization in Mexico. In: Presidential Elections in Mexico. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56032-8_1
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