%0 Journal Article
%T The New Federalism of Mexico¡¯s Party System El Nuevo Federalismo en el Sistema de Partidos Mexicano
%A Francisco Cant¨²
%A Scott Desposato
%J Journal of Politics in Latin America
%D 2012
%I German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
%X Federalism is widely lauded for its ability to manage deep social divisions and promote efficient policy in democratic systems, but it has been criticized for its impact on party system nationalization. In this paper, we explore the role of formal and informal institutions on party system nationalization in the Mexican political system, focusing on legislative politics. In Mexico, an end of one-party rule transformed the nature of center¨Cperiphery relations, empowering subnational actors and giving them incentives to act on the national stage. Using an original dataset, we show that these changes resulted in national parties dividing along state lines on policy decisions, and that the magnitude of these divisions depends primarily on 1) the informal centralization of career resources, 2) the extent to which parties are ideological and programmatic, and 3) the personal vote incentives of electoral rules. El federalismo es reconocido como un sistema capaz de manejar divisiones sociales y promover pol¨ªticas eficientes en los sistemas democr¨¢ticos. Este art¨ªculo examina el sistema pol¨ªtico mexicano y explora el papel de las instituciones formales e informales en la nacionalizaci¨®n del sistema de partidos, particularmente en la din¨¢mica legislativa. El fin del sistema de partido dominante en M¨¦xico transform¨® la relaci¨®n entre el centro y la periferia, empoderando a los actores subnacionales y concedi¨¦ndoles incentivos en la arena nacional. Utilizando una base de datos original, este art¨ªculo demuestra que esos cambios son el resultado de fragmentaciones estatales dentro de los partidos nacionales. La magnitud de estas fracturas dependen de 1) la centralizaci¨®n informal de las carreras pol¨ªticas de los diputados, 2) la relevancia de la ideolog¨ªa dentro de cada partido, y 3) los incentivos del sistema electoral para que exista el voto personal.
%K Comparative Politics
%K Legislative Politics
%K Latin American Politics
%K Methodology
%K Mexico
%K Federalism
%K political institutions
%K 300
%K 320
%K 321
%K Mexico
%K 1997-2006
%K Congressional roll-call votes
%K Ciencia Pol¨ªtica
%K M¨¦xico
%K federalismo
%K instituciones pol¨ªticas
%K M¨¦xico
%K 1997-2006
%U http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/538