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What Kind of Democracy Has Mexico?
The Evolution of Presidentialism and Federalism

This initiative is made possible with the generous support of the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

March 4

Chair: Peter Smith
"The Fall of the Dominant Presidency: Lawmaking Under Divided Government in Mexico," by Benito Nacif
"Presidents and their Parties in the New Mexican Context: Explaining Vicente Fox and the PAN's Relationship," by Vidal Romero
"Institutional and Political Factors for Party Discipline in the Mexican Congress Since the End of PRI Hegemony," by Jeffrey Weldon
Discussant: Peter Smith

Chair: David Shirk
"Local and National Effects in Mexican Elections," by Scott Morgenstern
"Pity and Spit: Congressional Campaigning in Mexico, 1970-2004," by Joy Langston
"Gubernatorial Coattails and Mexican Congressional Elections since 1979," by Eric Magar
Discussant: David Shirk

March 5

Chair: Jonathan Hiskey, UC Riverside
"Correlates of internal party funding strategy: Mexico 2003," by Alejandro Poiré
"Mexican Federalism and the Institutionalization of the Politics of Governors," by Alberto Díaz-Cayeros
"The Future of Federalism in Mexico: Lessons from Argentina and Brazil?,"
by Mark Jones and David Samuels
Discussants: Jonathan Hiskey and Jessica Wallack

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