Abstract

GOMEZ VILCHIS, Ricardo R..   Return of the dinosaur: A discussion of the recent victory of the PRI in the 2012 presidential election. Estud. polít. (Méx.) [online]. 2013, n.28, pp.45-161. ISSN 0185-1616.

In the present article, three acknowledgeable scholars are interviewed (Roderic Ai Camp, Wayne A. Cornelius and Kenneth F. Greene) they argue that the return of the Mexican authoritarian system is unlikely because the emergence of democratic institutions in the last years; however, it is not clear how political institutions and citizens may restrict the old and anti-democratic priista practices such as vote buying, electoral fraud and clientelism.

Keywords : Authoritarianism; campaign strategies; democracy; Mexico; Institutional Revolutionary Party.