Electoral Governance and Public Trust in Estado de Mexico
By developing a case study that examines the legal and electoral framework, the electoral bodies design and the conditions of political pluralism in the State of Mexico, this article shows that favorable conditions of electoral governance do not necessarily guarantee public confidence in the perform...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA |
| Repositorio: | Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/249 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/249 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Electoral governance State of Mexico electoral authorities confidence elections Gobernanza electoral Estado de México órganos electorales confianza elecciones |
| Sumario: | By developing a case study that examines the legal and electoral framework, the electoral bodies design and the conditions of political pluralism in the State of Mexico, this article shows that favorable conditions of electoral governance do not necessarily guarantee public confidence in the performance of these bodies and the overall credibility of the election results, which could affect the legitimacy of the elected political authorities (which is unexpected by the findings of the literature). From these findings we recommend that qualitative research should be done to disclose the informal relations of political parties, with the aim of knowing why the incentives that electoral rules and institutional design should generate are not producing the expected results in terms of the voters’ confidence in elections. |
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