TY - JOUR
T1 - Drug cartels, violence and electoral competitiveness at the local level
T2 - Evidence from the Mexican case
AU - Ponce, Aldo F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by the Latin American Studies Association.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This article explains the effects of violence, particularly the type of violence related to the functioning of drug cartels, and its effects on electoral competitiveness at the local level (municipal). It is relevant to understand and estimate these effects to ensure that democracy, which relies on its fundamental requisite (free and fair elections), does not deteriorate or move toward an authoritarian status quo at the local level. My results show a decline in electoral competitiveness as the scope of violence related to the functioning of drug cartels increases. The repressive strategies of the Mexican government do not seem to have been effective to prevent this effect.
AB - This article explains the effects of violence, particularly the type of violence related to the functioning of drug cartels, and its effects on electoral competitiveness at the local level (municipal). It is relevant to understand and estimate these effects to ensure that democracy, which relies on its fundamental requisite (free and fair elections), does not deteriorate or move toward an authoritarian status quo at the local level. My results show a decline in electoral competitiveness as the scope of violence related to the functioning of drug cartels increases. The repressive strategies of the Mexican government do not seem to have been effective to prevent this effect.
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U2 - 10.1353/lar.2016.0049
DO - 10.1353/lar.2016.0049
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031046557
SN - 0023-8791
VL - 51
SP - 62
EP - 85
JO - Latin American Research Review
JF - Latin American Research Review
IS - 4
ER -
