Abstract
The Mexican Citizens' Movement for Democracy emerged in 1992 as a response to widespread political fraud and state authoritarianism. Its main aim was to support grass-roots and broad-based citizen initiatives to strengthen the democratic process and achieve public and political respect for human rights. The article describes the range of strategies used by different citizen groups and networks and highlights the lessons learned during the process of creating and sustaining the Citizens' Movement. The article concludes with a sobering analysis of the present day political context and the challenges facing Mexican civil society in their ongoing struggle to build a more just and fully democratic society.
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