Electoral Reform in Mexico and the Institutional Consequences

墨西哥的选举改革及其制度后果

• 批准号: 9531147
• 负责人: Keith Hamm
• 金额: $ 0.73万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-03-01 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9531147&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Electoral; Reform; Mexico; Institutional; Consequences

The Mexico Political Reform of 1977 was initiated to revitalize the electoral process and re-legitimize the government party and national political institutions. During the previous decade, Mexican politics had become increasingly violent as opposition increased and groups moved outside the political arena to affect change on the system. The 1977 Reform was designed to increase incentives for critics to work within the political system by changing procedures for political party recognition, enlarging the national legislature, and establishing a two-tiered electoral system with partial proportional representation. By all reports the reforms enacted were successful in changing the electoral process. But little is known about the impact of the reforms on the operation of the national Chamber of Deputies which has absorbed the new opposition political parties. This research examines how the reforms of 1977 has influenced the path of Mexican democratic government. Based on a pre and post-reform research design, legislative rules and well as legislative business (in the form of bill introduction, amendment and passage) will be collected for the period 1970-1993. The results of this research will demonstrate the utility of the "new institutionalism" perspective for explaining legislatures outside the United States and Europe. * * *

1977年的墨西哥政治改革旨在恢复选举进程，并使执政党和国家政治机构重新合法化。 在过去的十年中，随着反对派的增加和政治竞技场之外的团体影响制度的变化，墨西哥政治变得越来越暴力。 1977年的改革旨在通过改变政党承认程序、扩大国家立法机构和建立部分比例代表制的两级选举制度，增加批评者在政治体系内工作的激励。 根据所有报告，所实行的改革成功地改变了选举进程。 但是，改革对吸收了新的反对党的全国众议院的运作所产生的影响却知之甚少。 本研究探讨了1977年的改革如何影响墨西哥民主政府的道路。 根据改革前和改革后的研究设计，将收集1970-1993年期间的立法规则和立法事务（以法案提出、修正和通过的形式）。 这项研究的结果将展示“新制度主义”视角在解释美国和欧洲以外立法机构方面的实用性。 * * *