Polarización vieja y nueva. Democracia, elecciones y conflicto en México

Any examination of contemporary Mexican politics quickly alludes to an age-old concept of renewed descriptive and analytical significance: polarization. The widespread diagnosis rests, more or less explicitly, on three pillars: first, political polarization has been on the rise in Mexico in recent y...

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Main Author: Sánchez Talanquer, Mariano
Format: Online
Language:Spanish
English
Editor: El Colegio de México A.C. 2024
Online Access:https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/3099
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Summary:Any examination of contemporary Mexican politics quickly alludes to an age-old concept of renewed descriptive and analytical significance: polarization. The widespread diagnosis rests, more or less explicitly, on three pillars: first, political polarization has been on the rise in Mexico in recent years; second, while the phenomenon may have antecedents, there is something distinct about today’s polarization; third, the new polarization poses a problem for democracy and the functioning of the political system, potentially even contaminating daily social interaction among citizens. ...