The State of Democracy in Mexico

Abstract

This report is an abridged version of a democratic audit of Mexico conducted by an independent group of Mexican scholars. Its results seem relevant at a time when the country is discussing how to enhance its very new democracy. Section A summarizes the conceptual and methodological approach adopted. Section B describes theMexican context –mainly for the sake of foreign readers. Section C presents themain research findings. SectionDcontains the conclusions and some proposals. The foremost conclusion is that whileMexico has indeedmade significant democratic advances, it still faces many challenges to improve the quality of its democracy.