Overview

The 2000 Mexican presidential race culminated in the election of opposition candidate Vicente Fox and the end of seven decades of one-party rule. This book, which traces changes in public opinion and voter preferences over the course of the race, represents the most comprehensive treatment of campaigning and voting behavior in an emerging democracy. It challenges the ""modest effects"" paradigm of national election campaigns that has dominated scholarly research in the field. Chapters cover authoritarian mobilization of voters, turnout patterns, electoral cleavages, party strategies, television news coverage, candidate debates, negative campaigning, strategic voting, issue-based voting, and the role of the 2000 election in Mexico's political transition. Theoretically-oriented introductory and concluding chapters situate Mexico's 2000 election in the larger context of Mexican politics and of cross-national research on campaigns. Collectively, these contributions provide crucial insights into Mexico's new politics, with important implications for elections in other countries.

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Author:   Jorge I. Dominguez ,  Chappell H. Lawson
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.662kg
ISBN:  

9780804749732

ISBN 10:   0804749736
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   23 October 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Abbreviations Glossary of Mexican words and phrases Contributors 1. Introduction Chappell Lawson I. The Electoral Context 2. Citizen Attitudes toward Democracy and Vicente Fox's Victory in 2000 Roderic Ai Camp 3. Mobilized Voting in the 2000 Elections: The Changing Efficacy of Vote-Buying and Coercion in Mexican Electoral Politics Wayne A. Cornelius 4. Political Reform, Electoral Participation, and the Campaign of 2000 Chappell Lawson and Joseph L. Klesner II. Parties and Candidates 5. The Structure of the Mexican Electorate: Social, Attitudinal, and Partisan Bases of Vicente Fox's Victory Joseph L. Klesner 6. The Making of the Mexican President, 2000: Parties, Candidates, and Campaign Strategy Kathleen Bruhn 7. Primary Priming James A. McCann III. Campaign Messages and Voter Responses 8. Television Coverage, Vote Choice, and the 2000 Campaign Chappell Lawson 9. Mexico's Great Debates: The Televised Candidate Encounters of 2000 and Their Electoral Consequences Chappell Lawson 10. The Effects of Negative Campaigns on Mexican Voters Alejandro Moreno 11. Strategic Coordination in the 2000 Mexican Presidential Race Beatriz Magaloni and Alejandro Poire 12. The Issues, the Vote, and the Mandate for Change Beatriz Magaloni and Alejandro Poire 13. Conclusions: Why and How Did Mexico's 2000 Presidential Election Campaign Matter? Jorge I. Dominguez Appendix I Mexico 2000 Panel Study Notes Index Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Presidents Mexico Election 2000, Elections Mexico, Mexico Politics and government 1988-Political campaigns Mexico, Political parties Mexico

Reviews

Dominguez and Lawson's book fills an important gap in the systematic, analytical, empirical, and theoretical study of Mexican electoral politics. - Latin American Politics and Society A major effort at analyzing the pivotal Mexican presidential elections of July 2000, using best practices derived from American electoral studies. This book will serve as a benchmark for subsequent studies within Mexico, and for comparative international studies. - Laurence Whitehead,Director, Centre for Mexican Studies, Oxford University

A major effort at analyzing the pivotal Mexican presidential elections of July 2000, using best practices derived from American electoral studies. This book will serve as a benchmark for subsequent studies within Mexico, and for comparative international studies. --Laurence Whitehead, Director, Centre for Mexican Studies, Oxford University

Dominguez and Lawson's book fills an important gap in the systematic, analytical, empirical, and theoretical study of Mexican electoral politics. -Latin American Politics and Society A major effort at analyzing the pivotal Mexican presidential elections of July 2000, using best practices derived from American electoral studies. This book will serve as a benchmark for subsequent studies within Mexico, and for comparative international studies. -Laurence Whitehead,Director, Centre for Mexican Studies, Oxford University

Author Information

Jorge I. Domínguez is the Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Chappell H. Lawson is Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT.

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