The Oxford Handbook of Mexican Politics

Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, Claremont McKenna College

• About the Contributors ; Part I: Introduction ; 1. The Democratic Transformation of Mexican Politics- Roderic Ai Camp ; Part II: Political Development ; 2. Democracy from Independence to Revolution - Jaime E. Rodriguez O. ; 3. Mexican Elections, 1910 to 1994: Voters, Violence and Veto Power - Paul Gillingham ; 4. Mexican Democracy in Comparative Perspective - Peter H. Smith ; Part III: Institutions as Transformational Actors ; 5. Municipalities and Policy Making - Andrew Selee ; 6. Invigorating Federalism: the Emergence of Governors and State Legislatures as Powerbrokers and Policy Innovators - Caroline C. Beer ; 7. The Dinosaur that Evolved: Changes to the PRI's Gubernatorial Candidate Selection, 1980 to 2009 - Joy Langston ; 8. Holding Power: The PAN as Mexico's Incumbent Party - Steven T. Wuhs ; 9. PRD and the Left - Kathleen Bruhn ; 10. Ulysses, the Sirens, and Mexico's Judiciary: Increasing Pre-Commitments to Strengthen the Rule of Law - Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jennifer Yelle ; 11. The Fall of the Dominant Presidency: Lawmaking under Divided Government in Mexico - Benito Nacif ; Part IV: Changing Roles ; 12. Civil-Military Relations in Mexico: The Unfinished Transition - Jordi Diez ; 13. Mexican Political Elites in a Democratic Setting - Roderic Ai Camp ; 14. Big Business, Democracy, and the Politics of Competition - Strom Thacker ; 15. Organized Labor and Politics in Mexico - Graciela Bensusan and Kevin J. Middlebrook ; Part V: New Actors ; 16. Democracy in the Newsroom: The Evolution of Journalism and the News Media - Sallie Hughes ; 17. Social and Indigenous Movements in Mexico's Transition to Democracy ; - Shannan Mattiace ; 18. Human Rights and NGO's - Mariclaire Acosta ; 19. Women and Grassroots Politics - Victoria E. Rodriguez ; 20. Drug-Traffickers as Political Actors in Mexico's Nascent Democracy - John Bailey ; Part VI: Electoral Politics and the Changing Political Landscape ; 21. Changing Dimensions of National Political Elections - James A. McCann ; 22. Mexico's Campaigns and the Benchmark Elections of 2000 and 2006 - Jorge I. Dominguez ; 23. The Return of <"the Local>" to Mexican Politics - Jonathan Hiskey ; Part VII: Demographics and Political Attitudes ; 24. Who is the Mexican Voter? - Alejandro Moreno ; 25. Polling and Pollsters as Agents of Change: An Historical Account of Public Opinion ; Research in Mexico from 1938 to 2010 - Pablo Paras and Miguel Basanez ; 26. Regionalism in Mexican Electoral Politics - Joseph L. Klesner ; Part VIII: Politics and Policy Issues ; 27. United States-Mexican Relations and Mexican Domestic Politics - Pamela K. Starr ; 28. Domestic and National Security Challenges in Mexico - David A. Shirk ; 29. Mexico-US Migration Policy: Historical Review and Contemporary Challenges ; - Marc R. Rosenblum ; 30. Economy as Grand-Guignol: The Post-reform Era in Mexico- William P. Glade ; 31. The Path of Economic Liberalism - Mark Eric Williams ; Index

Mexican politics are complicated, but they are not inexplicable. In this timely contribution, Roderic Camp has overseen a large-scale effort to decipher the rules and traditions of political activity in Mexico. To understand how Mexico came to this moment, this book of essays is indispensable. Policymakers on both sides of the border, students and professors, as well as the educated public with an interest in the region, would do well to take on this volume, to read and digest the deep learning of the contributors, and, by doing so, form a more coherent and intellectually honest vision of the future of Mexican politics.