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Assessing Democracy in Puebla: The Opposition Takes Charge of Municipal Government

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Walt Vanderbush
Walt Vanderbush*
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Miami University
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Abstract

Debates about democratization in developing countries have generally emphasized competitive elections, broad participation, and the protection of civil and political liberties. A survey of the first two years of PAN administration in the city of Puebla, Mexico, assesses government capacities and policy responses to social and economic demands. It suggests that excitement over the election of opposition party officials should be tempered pending evidence of the accommodation of such demands.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , Summer 1999 , pp. 1 - 27
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Copyright © University of Miami 1999

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