Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico

@inproceedings{Magaloni2006VotingFA,
  title={Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico},
  author={Beatriz Magaloni},
  year={2006}
}
1. Equilibrium party hegemony 2. Structural determinants of mass support 3. Budget cycles under autocracy 4. The politics of vote-buying 5. Judging economic performance in hard times 6. Ideological divisions in the opposition camp 7. How voters choose and mass coordination dilemmas 8. Electoral fraud and the game of electoral transitions 9. Conclusion. 
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