@article {64091, title = {The Scholarly Study of Mexican Politics}, year = {2004}, note = {}, month = {Jul 1, 2004}, abstract = {This essay reviews the state of the scholarly study of Mexican politics. It focuses on research on political change since 1990. It discusses the political origins of economic problems and policies, including the enactment of NAFTA and the 1994{\textendash}95 financial panic. It assesses the decline of the PRI, the presidency, and official organized labor; the role of urban protest and the Zapatista insurgency; and the revitalization of Congress, the Supreme Court, and state governments. It synthesizes the principal analytical findings on parties, public opinion, and elections.}, author = {Dom{\'\i}nguez, Jorge I.} }