Fox's Mexico at midterm

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-153

  Lawson, Chappell ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 1142301948     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2004.0012     Document Type: Review

References (21)

1. In general, the Fox administration has been free of corruption scandals. Smaller-scale exceptions include: a flurry of criticism over the purchase of expensive linens for Fox and his wife early in his term; campaign-finance violations by the Amigos de Fox organization in the 2000 race; the president's initial toleration of legally dubious tactics by the TV Azteca network in its business dispute with another television station; and charges (as yet unproven) of influence peddling related to the government's contested September 2001 expropriation of 27 indebted sugar refineries.
2. For a useful inventory of the kinds of reform being considered, see George W. Grayson, Beyond the Mid-term Elections: Mexico's Political Outlook 2003-2006 (Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2003), 47-48.
3. Except for its name, Mexico's probusiness PVEM shares little in common with left-environmentalist parties in other countries.
4. The PRI also won three other state house races (Campeche, Colima, and Sonora), though the Colima election was subsequently annulled. The party lost to the PAN in San Luis Potosi and Queretaro.
5. James A. McCann and Chappell Lawson, "An Electorate Adrift: Attitude Stability and the Quality of Democracy in Mexico," Latin American Research Review (forthcoming); Joseph L. Klesner, "The Structure of the Mexican Electorate: Social, Attitudinal, and Partisan Bases of Vicente Fox's Victory," in Jorge I. Domínguez and Chappell Lawson, eds., Mexico's Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Race of 2000 (Stanford and La Jolla, Calif.: Stanford University Press and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 2003).
6. James A. McCann and Chappell Lawson, "An Electorate Adrift: Attitude Stability and the Quality of Democracy in Mexico," Latin American Research Review (forthcoming); Joseph L. Klesner, "The Structure of the Mexican Electorate: Social, Attitudinal, and Partisan Bases of Vicente Fox's Victory," in Jorge I. Domínguez and Chappell Lawson, eds., Mexico's Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Race of 2000 (Stanford and La Jolla, Calif.: Stanford University Press and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 2003).
7. See Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture (Boston: Little, Brown, 1963); Joseph L. Klesner, "Political Attitudes, Social Capital, and Political Participation: The United States and Mexico Compared," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 29-64; Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 3-28; Wayne A. Cornelius, Mexican Politics in Transition: The Breakdown of a One-Party-Dominant Regime (La Jolla, Calif.: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 1996), 89-98; Roderic Ai Camp, Politics in Mexico: The Decline of Authoritarianism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 77-102; Matthew C. Gutmann, The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
8. See Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture (Boston: Little, Brown, 1963); Joseph L. Klesner, "Political Attitudes, Social Capital, and Political Participation: The United States and Mexico Compared," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 29-64; Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 3-28; Wayne A. Cornelius, Mexican Politics in Transition: The Breakdown of a One-Party-Dominant Regime (La Jolla, Calif.: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 1996), 89-98; Roderic Ai Camp, Politics in Mexico: The Decline of Authoritarianism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 77-102; Matthew C. Gutmann, The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
9. See Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture (Boston: Little, Brown, 1963); Joseph L. Klesner, "Political Attitudes, Social Capital, and Political Participation: The United States and Mexico Compared," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 29-64; Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 3-28; Wayne A. Cornelius, Mexican Politics in Transition: The Breakdown of a One-Party-Dominant Regime (La Jolla, Calif.: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 1996), 89-98; Roderic Ai Camp, Politics in Mexico: The Decline of Authoritarianism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 77-102; Matthew C. Gutmann, The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
10. See Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture (Boston: Little, Brown, 1963); Joseph L. Klesner, "Political Attitudes, Social Capital, and Political Participation: The United States and Mexico Compared," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 29-64; Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 3-28; Wayne A. Cornelius, Mexican Politics in Transition: The Breakdown of a One-Party-Dominant Regime (La Jolla, Calif.: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 1996), 89-98; Roderic Ai Camp, Politics in Mexico: The Decline of Authoritarianism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 77-102; Matthew C. Gutmann, The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
11. See Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture (Boston: Little, Brown, 1963); Joseph L. Klesner, "Political Attitudes, Social Capital, and Political Participation: The United States and Mexico Compared," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 29-64; Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 3-28; Wayne A. Cornelius, Mexican Politics in Transition: The Breakdown of a One-Party-Dominant Regime (La Jolla, Calif.: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 1996), 89-98; Roderic Ai Camp, Politics in Mexico: The Decline of Authoritarianism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 77-102; Matthew C. Gutmann, The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
12. See Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture (Boston: Little, Brown, 1963); Joseph L. Klesner, "Political Attitudes, Social Capital, and Political Participation: The United States and Mexico Compared," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 29-64; Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States," Mexican Studies 19 (Winter 2003): 3-28; Wayne A. Cornelius, Mexican Politics in Transition: The Breakdown of a One-Party-Dominant Regime (La Jolla, Calif.: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the University of California at San Diego, 1996), 89-98; Roderic Ai Camp, Politics in Mexico: The Decline of Authoritarianism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 77-102; Matthew C. Gutmann, The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
13. Chappell Lawson and Joseph L. Klesner, "Political Reform, Electoral Participation, and the Campaign of 2000," in Jorge I. Domínguez and Chappell Lawson, eds., Mexico's Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Race of 2000.
14. On "electoral democracy" and its distinction from "liberal democracy," see Larry Diamond, Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999).
15. Larry Diamond, Developing Democracy, 64-116.
16. See Roderic Ai Camp, "Citizen Attitudes Toward Democracy and Vicente Fox's Victory in 2000," in Jorge I. Domínguez and Chappell Lawson, eds., Mexico's Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Race of 2000.
17. According to Latinobarometer polls, approximately 53 percent of Mexicans find democracy preferable to any other system of government. ("Latinobarómetro: Miden Democracia," Reforma, 1 November 2003, 1, 24A.) Other polls show somewhat higher percentages; see Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States."
18. According to Latinobarometer polls, approximately 53 percent of Mexicans find democracy preferable to any other system of government. ("Latinobarómetro: Miden Democracia," Reforma, 1 November 2003, 1, 24A.) Other polls show somewhat higher percentages; see Roderic Ai Camp, "Learning Democracy in Mexico and the United States."
19. Larry Diamond, Developing Democracy, 69.
20. Asked in February 2000 whether they preferred to cut spending on public services, increase taxes, or increase the public debt, 64 percent of Mexicans favored cutting spending and only 9 percent favored increasing taxes. ("Mexico 2000 Panel Study: First Wave." Data from the study are publicly available at: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/c.lawson.html.)
21. See Strom Thacker and John Gerring, "Political Institutions and Corruption: The Role of Unitarism and Parliamentarism," in British Journal of Political Science (forthcoming).