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PACHECO MENDEZ, Guadalupe. Los gobernadores priístas y la federación del PRI: Cambios en el CPN, 1996-2007. Argumentos (Méx.) [online]. 2011, vol.24, n.66, pp.213-245. ISSN 0187-5795.

The representation and authoriy structures within the Institutional Revolutionary Party have undergone several changes during the period 1996-2007, particularly after july 2000, after PRI's defeat on the presidental elections. The main organizational change is the outstanding new roll of the PRI governors in the real leadership of the party and the federalization of its National Political Council through the incorporation of its elected members. This process was influenced by the characteristics of Mexico's regime transition, which made possible the reemergence of federalism and the strenghthening of state governors.

Palavras-chave : PRI; governors; National Political Council; estatutes; organizative change.