Mexico's Democratic Challenges

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Juan Arvizu, “En el PRI ‘ibamos hacia la fractura’; lo peor fue en 2001,” www.ElUniversal.com.mx, July 15, 2012, http://www.redpolitica.mx/nacion/pri-su-peor-momento-fue-en-2001-ibamos-hacia-la-fractura. 2. Joy Langston, “The Dinosaur that did not die: Mexico's PRI,” CIDE Working Paper, November 19, 2008, http://democraciaenamericalatina.org/articulos/seminarios/sem_partidos/langston.pdf. 3. Joy Langston, “Governors and “Their” Deputies: New Legislative Principles in Mexico,” Legislative Studies Quarterly 35, Issue 2 (May 2010): pp. 235–258. 4. Jo Tuckman, “Computer files link TV dirty tricks to favourite for Mexican presidency,” The Guardian, June 7, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/07/mexico-presidency-tv-dirty-tricks?intcmp=239; Jo Tuckman, “Mexican media scandal: secretive Televisa unit promoted PRI candidate,” The Guardian, June 26, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/26/mexican-media-scandal-televisa-pri-nieto. 5. Damien Cave, “Mexico Updates Drug War Toll to 47,515, but Critics Dispute the Data,” New York Times, January 11, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/world/americas/mexico-updates-drug-war-death-toll-but-critics-dispute-data.html. 6. “Mexico: Evaluación de Gobierno: Trimestre 21 de Felipe Calderón” [Mexico: Government Evaluation: Quarter 21 of Felipe Calderon], Consulta Mitofsky, February 2012, http://consulta.mx/web/images/evalgobpdf/Ev_Gob.pdf. 7. Daniel Casillas, “Se triplica numero de homicidios en Mexico en los últimos 6 años” [Number of homicides triples in Mexico in the last 6 years], Animal Politico, August 20, 2012, http://www.animalpolitico.com/2012/08/se-triplica-numero-de-homicidios-en-mexico-en-los-ultimos-6-anos/. 8. Duncan Wood, “Mexico's election and the economy—voters face a tough decision,” Mexico 2012: Tracking Democracy in a Time of Uncertainty, Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 2012, http://csis.org/files/publication/120517_Wood_MexicanEconomy.pdf. 9. Isabel Mayoral Jimenez, “La pobreza en México sube a 52 millones,” CNNExpansion, July 29, 2011, http://www.cnnexpansion.com/economia/2011/07/29/pobreza-mexico-2010. 10. Ivan Moreno, “Calderon: Most Mexico drug war dead are criminals,” San Diego Union-Tribune, April 16, 2010, http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/16/calderon-most-mexico-drug-war-dead-are-criminals/ 11. Consulta Mitofsky. 12. Steve Hargreaves, “Mexico's big oil problem”, CNNMoney, August 17, 2012, http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/17/news/economy/mexico-oil/index.html. 13. Duncan Wood, “Viewpoint: Post-election Mexico faces key reforms,” BBC News, July 12, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18781643. 14. See, for example, Santiago Levy, Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008), http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/2008/goodintentionsbadoutcomes. 15. “Propuestas para la seguridad y la justicia en Mexico: Conclusiones del foro Violencia e Impunidad,” Fundacion Colosio, (Mexico City: Fundacion Colosio, December 2010). 16. Emilio Lozaya and Jorge Montaño, “Una vision de Mexico para el futuro,” Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica, May 2012, http://www.revistafal.com/portada/1336-una-vision-de-mexico-para-el-futuro.html. Additional informationNotes on contributorsDuncan WoodDuncan Wood is Professor of International Relations at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City. He is also a Senior Associate (Non-Resident) with the Americas Program at CSIS and a Senior Energy Consultant for the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C

Topic: Political Dynamics in Latin America
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences