Abstract

GUTIERREZ SANCHEZ, Héctor. Mexican government disapproval. Beyond inefficiency. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2018, vol.25, n.72, pp.83-121. ISSN 1665-0565.  https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v25i72.6384.

This paper puts to test the hypothesis that Mexican citizens are dissatisfied with its government because it has not fulfilled expectations, mainly in regard to economy and security, since political discontent with Mexican government has become a problem for democracy in this country. Using data from the Latinobarómetro, it was found that those with worse opinions of economy and security are actually those who held the worse opinion of the government. However, this relationship did not appear when real economic and security data were considered instead of the perception of these, so qualitative interviews were conducted, and it was found that citizens have a moral expectation of their officials that seems to determine their opinions and expectations. This moral demand doesn’t appear to be related to pragmatic government performance.

Keywords : Mexican government; political disapproval; democracy; economy; security.

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