Savage democracy
Subtitle: institutional change and party development in Mexico
By: Steven T. Wuhs.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780271034218
Subjects: Partido Acción Nacional (Mexico); Partido de la Revolución Democrática (Mexico); Political parties -- Mexico; Democracy -- Mexico
Description: "Examines organization, leadership and changes within Mexico's historic pro-democratic opposition parties, the Partido Acción Nacional and the Partido de la Revolución Democrática. Explores the implications for overall party organization and the future of Mexico's democratic experiment"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is savage democracy?; title: Before savage democracy : authoritarianism in Mexico; title: Origins of the democratic imperative; title: Selecting loyalists versus picking winners; title: Partisan mystics versus political professionals; title: Affiliation versus alliance versus absorption; title: The end of savage democracy?; title: Epilogue : the legacy of the democratic imperative.