Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Friday, December 14, 2007

Encouragement for the Mexican ruling party

Standard and Poor's suggests that political reform is necessary for Mexico. President Calderon's PAN colleagues have probably been saying this for a long time. Is S&P speaking for them and adding weight to their arguments?

How would PRI leaders react to these assertions? How would PRD leaders respond?

Mexico's political system restraining economic growth

"Standard & Poor's...Ratings Services said strengthening institutions and overcoming the legacy of corporatism is perhaps the biggest political problem facing the United Mexican States...

"Mexico's political system remains part of the unfinished business of the transition in recent decades from one-party rule toward greater pluralism...

"Dismantling the... the old corporatist system [touches]... upon deeply entrenched political networks that connect millions of ordinary people to the political system...

"Recent political trends permit cautious optimism... but, any progress will likely be gradual... S&P said."

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