Mexico’s Victory: The Democratic Revelation

Issue Date October 2000
Volume 11
Issue 4
Page Numbers 5-19
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Vicente Fox’s victory in Mexico’s July 2000 presidential election revealed the fundamental changes that had been taking place under the veil of governmental continuity.

About the Author

Andreas Schedler is professor of political science at CIDE in Mexico City. His most recent book is The Politics of Uncertainty: Sustaining and Subverting Electoral Authoritarianism (2013). At present, he is conducting public-opinion research on organized violence in Mexico.

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Further Reading

Volume 32, Issue 3

Latin America Erupts: The Danger of Democratic Delinquency

Recent high-profile scandals have laid bare persistent shortcomings of Latin American democracy that, if unaddressed, could prove fatal.

Volume 11, Issue 4

Mexico’s Victory: Exiting the Labyrinth

The beauty of Mexico’s transition to democracy lay in the way it evolved gradually and peacefully over the course of a decade.

Volume 11, Issue 1

Mores and Democracy in Latin America

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