《DILEMMAS OF POLITICAL CHANGE IN MEXICO》

INTRODUCTION1

1 Mexico's Democratic Transitions: Dynamics and Prospects1

PART I: PARTIES, ELECTIONS~ AND THE MEXICAN VOTER55

2Party Competition in Mexico: Evolution and Prospects57

3 Public Institutions and Electoral Transparency in Mexico82

4 The Changing Mexican Voter, I99I-2OOO108

PARTII: PARAMETERS OF A NEW INSTITUTIONAL ORDER131

Changing Patterns of Executive-Legislative Relations in Mexico133

6 Democratization, Judicial and Law Enforcement Institutions, and the Rule of Law in Mexico168

7 Decentralization, Democratization, and Federalism in Mexico198

PART IIIKEY POLITICAL ACTORS: PILLARS OF THE OLD REGIMEFORUNDATIONS OF THE NEW?235

8 A New Scenario for Mexican Trade Unions: Changes in the Structure of Political and Economic Opportunities237

9 Rural Producers' Organizations and the State in Mexico: The Political Consequences of Economic Restructuring286

10 Business and Politics in Mexico332

11 Mexico's Armed Forces: Marching to a Democratic Tune?353

12 Building the Fourth Estate: Media Opening and Democratization in Mexico373

PARTIV CHALLENGES OF RIGHTS AND REPRESENTATION401

13 Civil Society in Mexico at Century's End403

I4 Indigenous Rights: The Battle for Constitutional Reform in Mexico440

I5 Assessing Binational Civil Society Coalitions: Lessons from the Mexico-U.S. Experience466

16 "For n8 Million Mexicans": Emigrants and Chicanos in Mexican Politics523

Contributors549

Index554