%0 Journal Article %T Las reglas "democr芍ticas" y las implicaciones antidemocr芍ticas: Selecci車n de candidatos presidenciales en el PAN y el PRD para las elecciones de 2006 %A Wuhs %A Steven %J Pol赤tica y gobierno %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X mexico's partido acci車n nacional (pan) and partido de la revoluci車n democr芍tica (prd), like most parties, have opened most of their selection processes to broader participation -what some scholars term the "democratization" of candidate selection. after outlining the contours of their evolving rules, this article elucidates the internal politics surrounding presidential candidate selection in the pan and prd for the 2006 election. in addition to situating those selection processes in a broader trajectory of party development, it offers an explanation for the surprising performance of felipe calder車n hinojosa in the pan's primary as well as the complicated politics through which andr谷s manuel l車pez obrador arrived as the prd's "candidate of unity." %K partido acci車n nacional %K partido de la revoluci車n democr芍tica %K candidate selection %K presidency. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1665-20372009000400004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en