Does federalism matter? An analysis of the viability of federalism in Mexico

It has been argued by a sector of international doctrine that federalism makes practically no difference in the way people are governed and that it has no direct relationship with democracy. This leads us to ask if it has made any difference in Mexico and what relationship it has with democracy. The...

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Autor: Chaires Zaragoza, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuestiones Constitucionales. Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/18370
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/18370
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:federalismo
centralismo
competencias
democracia
autogobernable
federalism
centralism
powers
democracy
self-government
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Sumario:It has been argued by a sector of international doctrine that federalism makes practically no difference in the way people are governed and that it has no direct relationship with democracy. This leads us to ask if it has made any difference in Mexico and what relationship it has with democracy. The work aims to confront the arguments that are commonly put forward to defend federalism through a deductive-inductive analysis. The main hypothesis is that none of the arguments is enough for a country with the characteristics of Mexico to adopt the dual federal system of powers. Likewise, a derived hypothesis is that it is an unfailing requirement for a successful federalism that the constituent parts be self-governing and self-sufficient, which does not occur in the vast majority of local governments in Mexico.