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TORRES, Antonio Faustino. The Federal Electoral Institute and the chiaroscuro of its institutional design, 1990-2008. Estud. polít. (Méx.) [online]. 2015, n.35, pp.129-156. ISSN 0185-1616.

The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) was recently found in a severe crisis derived from the depletion of its institutional structure. While he showed significant progress in the independent electoral administration (mainly in the presidential elections of alternation) its role declined largely because improving its procedural and legal schemes was postponed.

Palavras-chave : electoral institution; institutional design; democratization; crisis; Mexican political system.