The Origins and Rationality of the “Legal versus Legitimate” Dichotomy Invoked in Mexico's 2006 Post-Electoral Conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6102938 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Todd A Eisenstadt (0000-0003-3431-0819, American University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-43 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096507070072 |
| OpenAlex | W2023372738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 7 |
Months after Mexico's independent electoral institute had validated the July 2, 2006, presidential elections, and weeks after the autonomous electoral court had certified National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderón as president, runner-up Andrés Manuel López Obrador continued to cry foul. Days before the court's final September 5 ruling, López Obrador (known widely as “AMLO”), representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the Coalition for the Good of All, decided to disband the mobilizations blocking some of Mexico City's main transportation arteries, but to continue protesting indefinitely, and to name a “shadow cabinet,” to press Calderón. López Obrador lost the election by a hair (a mere 233,831 votes, out of over 41,700,000 cast—the final certified number after electoral court rulings), but he did lose, and in a “free and fair” contest organized by one of the world's more respected electoral institutions
CONTEST · Democracy · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Presidential system · Rationality · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration
Introduction to the Virtual Issue
Who Believes in Fraud in the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election? Election Denialism, Partisan Motivated Reasoning, and Affective Polarization
Deceitful autocratization
Happy Winners, Sore Partisans? Political Trust, Partisanship, and the Populist Assault on Electoral Integrity in Mexico
Continuity and Change in Mexican Politics
The 2012 Elections in Mexico
The 2006 Mexican Election and Its Aftermath
Right on Time
Perception of Electoral Integrity, Trust in Elections, and the Conditional Role of the Understanding of Democracy
How Did We Get Here? Mexican Democracy after the 2006 Elections
Elite Polarization Meets Mass Moderation in Mexico's 2006 Elections
Public evaluations of electoral institutions in Mexico
Populismo, repertorios autoritarios y subversión de la democracia
| Citations per year | 0.68 |
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| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |