Research Catalog

Title

Democratizing Mexico : public opinion and electoral choices / Jorge I. Domínguez, James A. McCann.

Author

Domínguez, Jorge I., 1945-

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

McCann, James A., 1962-

Description

xvi, 269 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

In this groundbreaking study of Mexican public opinion and elections, Jorge Dominguez and James McCann examine the attitudes and behaviors of Mexican voters from the 1950s to the 1990s and find evidence of both support for and increasing independence from the nation's ruling party. They make extensive use of polls conducted during the 1988, 1991, and 1994 national elections and draw from in-depth interviews with leading political figures, including major presidential candidates. Although the 1994 presidential election showed that Mexican citizens are making their opinions known and felt at the polls, Dominguez and McCann argue that Mexico cannot be considered a democracy as long as party elites fail to ensure truly free and fair elections. Democratizing Mexico makes it clear, however, that Mexican citizens are ready for democratic politics.

Subject

• 1988-2000
• Presidents > Mexico > Election > Public opinion
• Elections > Mexico > Public opinion
• Public opinion > Mexico
• Democracy > Mexico
• Mexico > Politics and government > Public opinion. > 1988-

Note

• Written under auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibiliographical references (p. [233]-262) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Challenges to Mexico's Democratization -- 2. Norms of Mexican Citizenship: Are Mexicans "Democrats"? -- 3. Ideology, Issue Preferences, and Apprehension: Public Opinion during the 1988 Presidential Election -- 4. The Partisan Consequences of Citizen Attitudes: Voting Intentions in the 1988 Election -- 5. The Partisan Consequences of Citizen Attitudes: Voting Intentions in the 1991 Election -- 6. Evaluation of the Electoral Process: Perceptions and Practice of Electoral Fraud -- Epilogue: The 1994 Presidential Campaign -- Appendix 1 List of Variables -- Appendix 2 The Public-Opinion Surveys.

ISBN

• 0801851467 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0801860938 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^95016630^

OCLC

• 32393118
• SCSB-11676061

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library