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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791571403321

Autore

Cleary Matthew R

Titolo

The sources of democratic responsiveness in Mexico / / Matthew R. Cleary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind. : , : University of Notre Dame Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-268-07686-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xii, 253 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Disciplina

324.973

Soggetti

Political participation - Mexico

Democracy - Mexico

Government accountability - Mexico

Elections - Mexico

Mexico Politics and government 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What good are elections in Mexico? -- Elections and democratic responsiveness -- Political participation and democratic responsiveness -- Testing hypotheses about responsiveness : the public services approach -- Testing hypotheses about responsiveness : the public finance approach -- Electoral and participatory mechanisms in action -- Conclusion: The sources of democratic responsiveness in Mexico -- Appendix: Fractionalization indices as measures of electoral competitiveness.

Sommario/riassunto

Cleary investigates the political sources of improved government responsiveness in contemporary Mexico.