Resumen

SARABIA RIOS, Cecilia. La selección de candidatos a la presidencia municipal de los partidos políticos en Ciudad Juárez como práctica y reforzamiento de democracia interna. Estud. front [online]. 2011, vol.12, n.24, pp.159-183. ISSN 2395-9134.

The internal democratic of political parties are one of the numerous analyses that can be performed on an electoral process. In this regard, this document aims to understand the logic of development of internal democracy in the party organizations in Ciudad Juarez, focusing on one aspect of it: the selection of candidates. The observation of the selection of candidates for municipal office in the last decade in Ciudad Juarez allowed to comment the advantages and disadvantages for the internal democratic life of party, to understand its development level and the logic that motivates their evolution or turn to be attractive only for external voting and not for the militants.

Palabras llave : political parties; internal democracy; candidate selection; logic of democracy.