El movimiento neocardenista: su perspectiva a corto plazo

In: Revista mexicana de ciencias políticas y sociales, Band 36, Heft 144, S. 115-140

Abstract

Mexico's neo-Cardenist movement began in the early 1980s as a primarily local & grass-roots organization, rose to national prominence through its influence on members of the official party, the Partido Revolucionario Institutional (PRI), & became a full player in national electoral politics with its 1988 incorporation as the Partido de la Revolucion Democratica (PRD). With its future now tied to its electoral success, its prospects in 1991 & 1994 elections are reviewed, as are the likely effects the political process will have on the platforms of both the PRD & PRI. The future of neo-Cardenism, it is argued, is ultimately tied to the decisions of a society alternatively intrigued by opposition movements & inclined to express discontent by electoral absenteeism. A. Levine