A Haven From Mexico’s Political Parties Hints at Their Decline
- 6 years ago
A Haven From Mexico’s Political Parties Hints at Their Decline
But their longer-term purpose, Mr. Amador said, is to create public buy-in for his reforms "so
that it doesn’t matter who’s in the mayor’s office." In a way, he is seeking to replicate the functions of a political party: grass-roots mobilization, civil society allies and institutionalized policies.
" she said, adding that this means parties have shrinking incentive to think about policies
that will help voters, or to think about policy at all. that They are very much able to negotiate reforms that make them even stronger and give them even more distance from voters,
exists outside of the mainstream party system, an official like Mr. Amador is
at least freer to root out corruption or experiment with unorthodox reforms.
Juan Salgado, also with the CIDE, said the city had achieved "great successes," in part by sidestepping civil
society organizations, which, like so much in Mexico, tend to dominated by the establishment parties.
Antia Mendoza, a Mexico City-based security expert, said Neza’s officials had not proven a link between Mr. Amador’s reforms and the crime rate.
Neza’s secret was breaking from the Mexican party system, which is what made Mr. Amador’s hiring and reforms possible.
But their longer-term purpose, Mr. Amador said, is to create public buy-in for his reforms "so
that it doesn’t matter who’s in the mayor’s office." In a way, he is seeking to replicate the functions of a political party: grass-roots mobilization, civil society allies and institutionalized policies.
" she said, adding that this means parties have shrinking incentive to think about policies
that will help voters, or to think about policy at all. that They are very much able to negotiate reforms that make them even stronger and give them even more distance from voters,
exists outside of the mainstream party system, an official like Mr. Amador is
at least freer to root out corruption or experiment with unorthodox reforms.
Juan Salgado, also with the CIDE, said the city had achieved "great successes," in part by sidestepping civil
society organizations, which, like so much in Mexico, tend to dominated by the establishment parties.
Antia Mendoza, a Mexico City-based security expert, said Neza’s officials had not proven a link between Mr. Amador’s reforms and the crime rate.
Neza’s secret was breaking from the Mexican party system, which is what made Mr. Amador’s hiring and reforms possible.