Local Mexico: Democratic Transitions in an Authoritarian Context
  • 2018/351 pages
  • A FirstForumPress Book

Local Mexico:

Democratic Transitions in an Authoritarian Context

Patricia Olney
Hardcover: $89.95
ISBN: 978-1-62637-683-0
Ebook: $89.95
ISBN: 978-1-62637-768-4
Vicente Fox's 2000 election to the presidency in Mexico marked the end of more than 70 years of rule by the PRI, overturning what some observers referred to as "the perfect dictatorship." Since then, there has been much debate about the reasons for the PAN's successful challenge to decades of authoritarian rule. Patricia Olney makes a rich, nuanced contribution to that debate, explaining Mexico's transition to democracy from the perspective of municipal-level politics.
Patricia Olney is professor of political science at Southern Connecticut State University.