Abstract

COMPTE NUNES, Guillem. Constructing a postpartisan utopia in contemporary Mexico: utopian frameworks of two critical opposition groups of existing democracy. Inter disciplina [online]. 2020, vol.8, n.22, pp.39-65.  Epub Jan 15, 2021. ISSN 2448-5705.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485705e.2020.22.76417.

The performance of governments of presidents Fox, Calderón and Peña Nieto has generated general disappointment with partisan democracy. This paper examines de emergence of a post-partisan political utopia, which criticizes existing democracy and points to a radical transformation of the Mexican political system to give center stage to the citizenry. First, from constructionist utopian theory I derive a definition of utopia and hypotheses on its development and maintenance. Second, using the theory of collective action frames I formulate an analytical model for utopian research. Third, applying the model I analyze how this post-partisan utopia is mediated by two recent groups, Por México Hoy and Praxis en América Latina, and I verify the hypotheses. I find that each group develops a variant of this utopia, and that post-partisanship combines with other utopias and with the domination exercised by political parties.

Keywords : frame; Mexico; utopia; post-partisanship; collective action.

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