Abstract

LOPEZ RUBI CALDERON, José Ramón. Constitutional Article 59 and 20th Century Mexican Authoritarianism: An Explanatory Explicative Synthesis. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2006, vol.2, n.4, pp.73-78. ISSN 1870-3569.

If the principal components of Mexico's 20th century authoritarianism were a strong president and a hegemonic party loyal to it, we need to ask: What were the causes of the creation of the binomial system that was in fact successfully supported and articulated. From the perspective of neoinstitutionalism, this text explores not only the causal connections between the implementation and the workings of no-reelection in the federal Congress, but also the creation and persistence of the authoritarian regime. In fact, such an institution (institutional rule) contributed to the concentration of power in one single party that then contributed to the concentration of power in one single figure, the president.

Keywords : authoritarianism; presidentialism; hegemony; no-reelection; institution.

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