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The Catholic Church, Political Institutions, and Electoral Outcomes in Oaxaca, Mexico

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dc.creator Allyson Lucinda Benton Sheldon
dc.date 2011
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-23T19:19:15Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-23T19:19:15Z
dc.identifier http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42121582006
dc.identifier.uri http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/115157
dc.description This study analyzes two competing arguments about the role of the Catholic Church in state politics Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1990s and 2000s. One line of argument claims that progressive Catholic bishops supported and facilitated democratization in this state. Another line suggests that the church may have inadvertently facilitated ongoing authoritarian rule through its active support for the formalization of local customary political practices into law. Statistical analysis shows that the level of Catholic presence across Oaxaca¿s municipalities only matters in some cases and not always in the direction expected. Specifically, in some indigenous communities high levels of Catholic presence facilitated the adoption of customary laws, declines in pri support, and lower first place party margins. In other indigenous places, it had the opposite effect. The lack of systematic effect demonstrates the Catholic Church's capacity to intervene in local political affairs in multiple direction and ways, as well as its often tacit support for existing political dynamics.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
dc.relation http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=421
dc.rights Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
dc.source Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (México) Num.213 Vol.LVI
dc.subject Política
dc.subject Catholic Church
dc.subject Political Institutions
dc.subject Electoral Outcomes
dc.subject Oaxaca
dc.subject political parties
dc.subject indigenous
dc.subject Partido Revolucionario Institucional (pri)
dc.subject democratization
dc.subject transition
dc.subject liberal democracy
dc.subject pluralism
dc.title The Catholic Church, Political Institutions, and Electoral Outcomes in Oaxaca, Mexico
dc.type artículo científico


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