Session 5, Latin American Politics (POSC 221), Winter Term 2005

THE FOUR CRITICAL FEATURES OF THE ERA OF PRI DOMINANCE

Concentrated power in the presidency, despite a federal structure. Succession was internally administered by the dedazo and the destape, but a system of primaries has replaced the old format.
Democratization of political society in a centralized state system. Overview of PRI's decline.

The state bureaucracy has maintained supremacy over the military and the party, despite the long period of PRI rule.

An implicit alliance between state and private capital. The maquiladora sector.