Conflicto y colaboraciA3n entre poderes. La experiencia reciente de los gobiernos divididos en MACOxico

This essay examinesthe institutional changes undergone by the executive and legislative branches of government in Mexico since 1997 when PRI lost its dominance in congress. It considers the nature of divided government and its potential for conflict as well as the constitutional power of both branch...

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Published in:Mexican studies 2005-01, Vol.21 (1), p.183-211
Main Author: RodrASHguez, Rogelio HernA!ndez
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Federal government
Mexico
Politics
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Summary:This essay examinesthe institutional changes undergone by the executive and legislative branches of government in Mexico since 1997 when PRI lost its dominance in congress. It considers the nature of divided government and its potential for conflict as well as the constitutional power of both branches during the period of PRI hegemony. It demonstrates that congress always possessed the right to balance and even control the executive branch while the latter had little power to dominate the former. The traditional subordination of the legislative branch to the executive derived from the political uniformity established by PRI during its period of dominance. Once that uniformity ended, the executive faced a plural congress that it could not control. To demonstrate that reality, the author evaluated the relations between the two branches of government since 1997 and concludes that the friction between the two branches results from the executive's political inability to negotiate with a new autonomous legislature. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT].
ISSN:0742-9797