Dilemmas of Political Change in Mexico

INTRODUCTION

1. Mexico's Democratic Transitions: Dynamics and Prospects; by Kevin J. Middlebrook

PART I: PARTIES, ELECTIONS, AND THE MEXICAN VOTER

2. Party Competition in Mexico: Evolution and Prospects; by Jose Antonio Crespo

3. Public Institutions and Electoral Transparency in Mexico; by Silvia Gomez Tagle

4. The Changing Mexican Voter, 1991-2000; by Jorge Buendia

PART II: PARAMETERS OF A NEW INSTITUTIONAL ORDER

5. Changing Patterns of Executive-Legislative Relations in Mexico; by Jeffrey A. Weldon

6. Democratization, Judicial and Law Enforcement Institutions, and the Rule of Law in Mexico; by Beatriz Magaloni and Guillermo Zepeda

7. Decentralization, Democratization, and Federalism in Mexico; by Alberto Diaz-Cayeros

PART III: KEY POLITICAL ACTORS: PILLARS OF THE OLD REGIME--FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW?

8. A New Scenario for Mexican Trade Unions: Changes in the Structure of Political and Economic Opportunities; by Graciela Bensusan

9. Rural Producers' Organizations and the State in Mexico: The Political Consequences of Economic Restructuring; by Horacio Mackinlay

10. Business and Politics in Mexico; by Matilde Luna

11. Mexico's Armed Forces: Marching to a Democratic Tune?; by Roderic Ai Camp

12. Building the Fourth Estate: Media Opening and Democratization in Mexico; by Chappell H. Lawson

PART IV: CHALLENGES OF RIGHTS AND REPRESENTATION

13. Civil Society in Mexico at Century's End; by ALberto J. Olvera

14. Indigenous Rights: The Battle for Constitutional Reform in Mexico; by Luis Hernandez Navarro and Laura Carlsen

15. Assessing Binational Civil Society Coalitions: Lessons from the Mexico-U.S. Experience; by Jonathan Fox

16. "For 118 Million Mexicans": Emigrants and Chicanos in Mexican Politics; by David Fitzgerald