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<journal-id>0185-1616</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios políticos (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. polít. (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-1616</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-16162005000100141</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fcpys.24484903e.2005.4.37645</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Factores sociales de la abstención electoral en las elecciones federales de 2003]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zavala Echavarría]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="A">
<institution><![CDATA[,  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2005</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2005</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>141</fpage>
<lpage>155</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-16162005000100141&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-16162005000100141&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-16162005000100141&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La abstención electoral es uno de los problemas que sufren las democracias en la actualidad. Si se toma en cuenta que la democracia en México y en otras naciones se basa en los procesos electorales, la abstención al voto sólo refleja las debilidades del sistema y la carencia de representación y legitimidad en dichos comicios. El autor plantea reformar las leyes electorales para elevar el índice de participación ciudadana como debería de ser en una verdadera democracia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Voters' abstention is one of the problems democracies are enduring in present times. Considering that Democracy, both in Mexico and in other nations, is based on electoral processes, voters' abstention reflects the system inner weaknesses, lack of representativeness and of legitimacy. The author suggest electoral law reforms to improve citizens' participation as it should be in a true Democracy.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Abstencionismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Democracia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Voto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Representación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Legitimidad]]></kwd>
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