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Sexenio

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The six-year administration of Mexican presidents

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Corporatist state

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a state in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the structure

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Import Substituting Industrialization (ISI)

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Strategy for industrialization based on domestic manufacture of previously imported goods to satisfy domestic market demands

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Informal Sector

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That portion of hte economy largely outside gov. control in which local tradtional rulers and political strucutes used to help support the colonial governing structure

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Mestizo

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A person of mized white, indigenous (Amerindian), and sometimes African descent

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Indigenous Groups

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Population of Amerindian heritage in Mexico

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Maquiladoras

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Factoreis that produce goods for export often located along side the US-Mexican Border

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Clientism

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Patronage JOBS
butlike mroe too

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NAFTA

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largely eliminates trade barriers among the three nations and establishes procedures to resolve trade disputes. NAFTA serves as a model for an eventual Free Trade Area of the Americas zone that could include most Western Hemisphere nations.

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Civil Society

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the space occupied by voluntary associations outside the state, for example, professional associations (lawyers, doctors, teacher), trade unions, student and women’s groups, religious bodies, and other voluntary association groups. The term is similar to society, although civil society implies a degree of organization absent from the more inclusive term society.

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Proportional Representation

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a system of political rep. in which seats are alloted to parties within multi-member constituancyies

PR usually encourages the election to parlement of more political parties thatn winner take all

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Para-statal
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State Owned Enterprises

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State-owned (or at least state controlled corps) created to undertake a broad range of conrol on activities

marketing to agricutlure

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Co-Optation

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incorporating activists into the system while accommodating some of their concerns

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Camarillas

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Vast informal networks of personal royalty that operates as powerful political cliques

INFLUENCE on poltix

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Chamber of Deputies

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LOWER HOUSE OF MX legislature

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Zapatista & Chiapas Rebellion

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Souther mx state which had large groups of AN where rebels took up arms and challenged the gov, demanding land reform

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Federal Election Commission

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IFE
independent regulatory body to safequard hosnes and accurate election results

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Vicente Fox

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Mexicos president since 2000- 06

the first non-PRI president in over seven decades

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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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AMLO

El. Peje

MX politiican who held the position of Head of Gov of the Fed. District form 2000-2005.
20006 he represented the coalition fo the Good of All

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PEMEX

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Mexicos powerful state owned oil monompoly

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PAN

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National Action Party

A conservitve catholic mexican ptx party that until 2000 was the main opp to the PRI

POPULAR RIGHT WING PARTY
Very NORTH
Very NEO LIB

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PRD

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Party of the Dem. Revolution

MX main left of center opp party
\
SOCIALIST
WEAKER ON THE LEFT
RUURAL POOOR

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PRI

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intenede to stablaiz ptx pwr

monopoly of ptx until 20th centry

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Zapatistas

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Guerilla movement

Gov. responcse w/ repression and negotiation

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MORENA

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newest ptx party in MX
It is left of center and populist in its approach

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Party list system

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each party prepares a list of canidites in rant order

each party gets a number of people form list proprotional votes

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Dezado

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outgoing mx president chose sucessor

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FEMICIDE

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killing of women b/c of gender

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First past the post system

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candidate with the most votes wins reglardless of majority

NO RUNNOFF ELECTIONS

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Multi party ssytem

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3 or more pollitical parties

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CIVIL RIGHTS

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protect people form arbitrary or discrimination treatment by gov. officials or individuals

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CIVIL LIBERATIES

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freedoms guqrenteed to all citizens