Research Catalog

Title

The Mexican congress : old player, new power / Luis Carlos Ugalde.

Author

Ugalde, Luis Carlos.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : CSIS Press, 2000.

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Description

xx, 203 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Significant issues series ; v. 22, no. 4

Uniform Title

Significant issues series ; v. 22, no. 4.

Subject

• Governmental investigations > Mexico
• Legislative oversight > Mexico
• Mexico. Cámara de Diputados > Powers and duties
• Separation of powers > Mexico

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Theoretical framework -- Literature on the Mexican Congress -- Literature on the U.S. Congress -- Application of studies of the U.S. Congress to the Mexican case -- Research methodology -- Oversight of public finances -- The budgetary process -- Legal controversies -- Review of public expenditures: the Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda -- Stages of the Contaduría's oversight process, 1970-99 evaluation of the actual performance of the Contaduría -- The supervisory committee -- The new auditing agency: the Auditoría Superior de la Federación -- Investigative committees -- The institution of nonconsecutive reelection -- Constitutional foundation: Article 93 -- History of investigative committees -- The institution of nonconsecutive reelection -- Constitutional foundation: Article 59 -- The impact of nonconsecutive reelection on deputies' experience, specialization, and professionalism -- The impact of nonconsecutive reelection on deputies' motivations and goals -- The future of legislative reelection -- Partisan powers of the president -- The presidential institution in Mexico -- Constitutional powers -- Partisan powers of the president -- Reversed accountability -- The recent transformation in the president's appointment and partisan powers -- Strength of the opposition -- Chamber and committee composition, 1970-2000 -- Motivations of opposition deputies -- Strength of the opposition and its effect on legislative oversight -- Conclusion: past problems and future challenges -- The situation today -- Likely causes -- The role of Congress in the political modernization of Mexico.

ISBN

0892063823

LCCN

^^^00011772^

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Harvard Library