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Burnell & Randall: Politics in the Developing World 2e

Chapter 22c

  1. Is Mexico a consolidated liberal democracy?

  2. In what ways if any would you expect politics in Mexico to be influenced by the country's proximity to the United States and its membership of the North American Free Trade Agreement?

  3. Are there any specific lessons to be drawn for party politics in the developing world from the lengthy political dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Mexico and the recent loss of its monopoly on power?

  4. Why, unlike Pakistan, or most other Latin American states, has Mexico not experienced military rule over the last half century?

  5. Critically discuss the distinction sometimes drawn between democratic consolidation and democratic deepening, with reference to the Mexican case.

  6. How has international, and especially American, pressure contributed to the contrasting forms of rule in Mexico and Pakistan from the 1990s?

  7. How useful is the concept of electoral authoritarianism for making sense of politics in Mexico today?

  8. Are there any lessons for social movements and popular uprisings from the experience of the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico's Chiapas state in the 1990s?

  9. How central have the political parties been to political change in Mexico in the last two decades?

  10. What would an 'audacious programme of democratizing democracy' look like in Mexico today, and how do you assess its chances of coming about?

  11. Assess the quality of electoral governance in Mexico's 2006 presidential elections.

  12. What are the main internal security issues in Mexico presently and how great a threat do they pose to democratic consolidation?

  13. To what extent has Mexico's political development been affected by her geographical proximity to the United States?