Mexico after the Elections
The Crisis of Legitimacy and the Exhaustion of Predatory Neoliberalism
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9201792 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Alejandro Alvarez Béjar (0000-0002-2824-7887, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2007 |
| Volumen | 59 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 12 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2007-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Editorial | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-059-03-2007-07_3 |
| OpenAlex | W2041527281 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
The Mexican general elections of July 2006 produced an official result that some felt was "very typical of advanced democracies." But this result defied Mexican political experience, resulting in a major legitimacy crisis. With over forty million voters turning out this time, the proclaimed winner of the presidency was Felipe Calderón, the rightwing National Action Party (PAN) candidate, who in the official count beat the center-left candidate of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), Andrés Manuel López Obrador, by 0.58 percent. Calderón took 35.89 percent of the vote while Obrador took 35.31 percentThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Democracy · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Legitimacy · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Sociology · Tea party · History · Law · Public Policy and Governance
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 0,06 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |