Partisanship in non-partisan electoral agencies and democratic compliance: Evidence from Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-271

  Estévez, Federico ^a   Magar, Eric ^a   Rosas, Guillermo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delegation; Electoral agencies; Ideal point estimation; Parties

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; BUREAUCRACY; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43049171656     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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