Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and Mexico
This article analyzes the dynamics of democratization in India, Malaysia and Mexico. Over thepast decade, these countries, which have been governed by dominant parties, adopted orreinvigorated democratic practices. Unlike the predictions that postulated that democratizationoften occurs in a context...
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| description | This article analyzes the dynamics of democratization in India, Malaysia and Mexico. Over thepast decade, these countries, which have been governed by dominant parties, adopted orreinvigorated democratic practices. Unlike the predictions that postulated that democratizationoften occurs in a context of party competition, the article discusses existing mechanisms indominant party systems that force the ruling party to encourage political transformations as asurvival strategy. These three cases reveal that the growing political opposition at the local levelwas a determining factor behind the adoption of democratizing measures by dominant parties.Therefore, the article builds on the relationship between democratization and local opposition indominant party systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5e8229f22854b579e97773db4480dba2022-12-21T18:31:12ZporUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRevista Debates1982-52692013-08-01725176Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and MexicoHelder Ferreira do ValeThis article analyzes the dynamics of democratization in India, Malaysia and Mexico. Over thepast decade, these countries, which have been governed by dominant parties, adopted orreinvigorated democratic practices. Unlike the predictions that postulated that democratizationoften occurs in a context of party competition, the article discusses existing mechanisms indominant party systems that force the ruling party to encourage political transformations as asurvival strategy. These three cases reveal that the growing political opposition at the local levelwas a determining factor behind the adoption of democratizing measures by dominant parties.Therefore, the article builds on the relationship between democratization and local opposition indominant party systems.http://seer.ufrgs.br/debates/article/view/39747/26655Party SystemDemocratizationDominant Parties. |
| spellingShingle | Helder Ferreira do Vale Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and Mexico Revista Debates Party System Democratization Dominant Parties. |
| title | Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and Mexico |
| title_full | Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and Mexico |
| title_short | Democratic changes through Dominant Parties: the cases of Federal India, Malaysia, and Mexico |
| title_sort | democratic changes through dominant parties the cases of federal india malaysia and mexico |
| topic | Party System Democratization Dominant Parties. |
| url | http://seer.ufrgs.br/debates/article/view/39747/26655 |
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