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SPECIAL FEATURE: The Perils and Promise of Politics in Mexico

About This Feature

This special issue of political science articles on Mexican politics focuses on a range of contemporary challenges and dynamics, employing robust data analysis to explore various facets of governance, policy, and social issues. Together, these studies provide a comprehensive and data-driven exploration of Mexican political life. Featuted on web site Summer 2024.

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Why Mexico Is Militarizing i

Bloomberg Originals (7:23).

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Why Mexico's $29b Train Megaproject Is So Controversial i

From Wall Street Journal (6:32).

Replication Data from Peer-Review Studies

• Mexican Businesses Link Violence Exposure to Higher Social Spending Support
  

  Mexico

  Business Owners

  Survey Experiment

  Tax Policy

  2022

  CPS

  6 R files

  1 Stata files

  6 datasets

  1 text files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Commodity Shocks Ignited State Building After Mexico's Revolution
  

  Mexico

  Great Depression

  Elite Competition

  State Capacity

  2018

  APSR

  1 other files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• How Surname Polling Stations Reveal Ongoing Election Fraud in Mexico
  

  Regression Discontinuity

  Mexico

  Elections

  2014

  AJPS

  12 text files

  11 datasets

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Repressive Defamation Laws Chilling in Mexican Media, Study Finds
  

  Defamation Laws

  Mexico Media Coverage

  Chilling Effect

  Corruption Reporting

  2015

  AJPS

  1 Stata files

  2 datasets

  1 PDF files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Agents or Partisans? New Study Reveals Why Mexican Teachers Union Wins Elections
  

  Political Brokers

  Partisan Attachment

  Incentives And Monitoring

  Mexican Teachers Union

  SNTE

  2017

  AJPS

  10 Stata files

  24 datasets

  2 PDF files

  3 other files

  11 text files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Social Networks Help Incumbents Dodge Accountability After All?
  

  Electoral Accountability

  Voter Coordination

  Family Networks

  Field Experiment

  2019

  APSR

  1 archives

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Mexico's Drug War Fears: Do They Deter Voters from Corruption?
  

  Corruption Perception

  Drug War Violence

  Mexican Voters

  Crime Exposure

  2021

  PSR&M

  2 R files

  1 Stata files

  3 datasets

  2 PDF files

  1 other files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Paradox: Military Weapons Improve Police Image in Mexico Despite Violence Links
  

  Militarization

  Mexico

  Conjoint

  Gender

  Civil Liberties

  2022

  BJPS

  8 R files

  2 Stata files

  16 text files

  24 datasets

  3 other files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Why Do Drug Cartels Use High-Profile Murders in Mexico?
  

  Drug Cartels

  Mexico

  Political Polarization

  Election Cycles

  2021

  BJPS

  2 Stata files

  2 PDF files

  6 datasets

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Same-Sex Recognition in Mexico vs US Shows Surprising Rights Progress
  

  Same-sex Recognition

  Civil Rights

  Social Movements Theory

  Partisan Politics

  Federalism

  2018

  SPPQ

  Dataverse may be empty.

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• States in the Customs House: Institutional Reforms and Structural Change in Mexican Trade Policy
  

  2013

  ISQ

  2 R files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Mexican Reform Lifts Reelection Ban; Legislators Focus More On Election-Friendly Policies
  

  Electoral Accountability

  Electoral Reform Mexico

  Particularistic Legislation

  Difference-in-Differences

  2021

  APSR

  5 R files

  2 Stata files

  1 other files

  24 datasets

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Party Unity in Mexico: Discipline Resists Nomination Rule Changes Despite Personal Vote Ban
  

  Party Unity

  Mexican Deputies

  Candidate Selection

  Electoral Incentives

  2021

  LSQ

  1 R files

  1 Stata files

  4 datasets

  1 text files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• AI Detects Election Fraud: 1988 Mexico's Hidden Ballots Revealed
  

  Convolutional Neural Networks

  Mexican Elections

  1988 Electoral Fraud

  Ai Auditing

  2019

  APSR

  1 R files

  1 Stata files

  2 datasets

  1 text files

  1 archives

  Dataverse

  
  i
  
• Why Democracies Struggle with Brutality: Institutional Failures in Mexico
  

  Inquisitorial Justice

  Mexican Prisoners

  Torture Deterrence

  Militarization Effect

  2020

  APSR

  4 R files

  4 Stata files

  4 datasets

  2 other files

  1 text files

  Dataverse

  
  i
  

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