Table of Contents:
  • What good are elections in Mexico?
  • Elections and democratic responsiveness
  • Political participation and democratic responsiveness
  • Testing hypotheses about responsiveness : the public services approach
  • Testing hypotheses about responsiveness : the public finance approach
  • Electoral and participatory mechanisms in action
  • Conclusion: The sources of democratic responsiveness in Mexico
  • Appendix: Fractionalization indices as measures of electoral competitiveness.