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Explores how the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) has been influenced by the transition from a hegemonic to a competitive party system in Mexico. The electoral process is analyzed at the federal level in 1988 -- the year in which the strength of the opposition parties as electoral forces began to grow steadily. The path followed by the PRI in order to face this challenge is traced. The adjustment strategies of the PRI made by the Salinas & Zedillo administrations is examined, seeking to explain the causes of the official party's defeat in the last elections. It is argued that the party's future depends on the readjustment of its internal leadership & politics, as well as on the creation of new procedural rules & a new way of relationship with society. Adapted from the source document.

Analyzes political reform, increased political participation, & the changing electorate that resulted in the 1997 election of Cuauhtemoc Cardenas as mayor of Mexico City, & the future impacts his opposition party rule will have on the city's electoral behavior. The 1996 constitutional reforms are reviewed in terms of their effectiveness in ensuring fair elections, highlighting campaign finance reforms & the creation of watchdog commissions. The election results from the last four mayoral elections (1988-1997) are charted according to party; results show a rapid gain by Cardenas's opposition party since the 1996 reforms. It is suggested that the continued democratization of the city's electoral process depends on Cardenas's ability to maintain an open & credible administration that remains consistent, if not entirely successful, with its policies. 4 Tables. Adapted from the source document.