Unit 5: Industrializing and Less-Developed Countries

Lesson5.3–MexicoGovernmentStructure

Mexico’s President

• CompletetheworksheetonthepresidentofMexico.

Na@onal Congress The Senate •  128members•  Six-yearterm•  ElecFons(2012)

•  3senatorsfromeachofthe31statesandFederalDistrict(MexicoCity)remainderbyproporFonalrepresentaFon•  2Giventothemajorityparty,1tofirstminorityparty

•  SimilartoUSSenate

Na@onal Congress Chamber of Depu@es •  500members

•  300fromSingle-MemberDistricts•  200byProporFonalRepresentaFon

•  3yearterms(2015)•  PRI–203seats•  PAN–108seats•  PRD–56seats•  EcologistGreenParty–47seats

•  2%threshold•  Nopartycanhavemorethan300seats

•  SimilartoUSHouseofRepresentaFves

Judicial Branch

•  SupremeCourtofJusFce•  Highestfederalcourt•  Officiallyhasjudicialreview–doesn’texerciseit.

•  Judgesresignatthebeginningofeachsexenio–newpresidentappointsnewjudges.•  11judges

•  Judgesviewedascorrupt.

Unit 5: Industrializing and Less-Developed Countries

Lesson5.4–MexicoPoliFcalParFes

Mexican Poli@cal Par@es

• CompletechartonthepoliFcalparFes.

Comparison of Mexico and Russia

• CompletethequesFonswiththecharts.•  Youmayworktogether,divideandconquer

• AaercompleFngthequesFons:•  Lookatmorerecentdata–DoesthetrendconFnue?Explain.

Graphing Elec@ons • GraphthefollowingelecFons.• UseGoogleSheetsandsharewithmewhenfinished.•  FindthelastsixelecFonsdoesn’tmadertheyears(makesuretheyarelabeled).

• Kate–RussianDumaandRussianPresiden1al(UnitedRussia)•  UseAgrarianParty(93),OurHome(95),Unity(99)

•  Liza–MexicanChamberofDepu1esandMexicanPresiden1al(PRI)• Mary-Edens–Bri1shHouseofCommons(Conserva1ve)andChinesePeople’sCongress(CCP)• Augusta–UnitedStatesHouseofRepresenta1vesandUnitedStatesPresiden1al(Republican)

Unit 5: Industrializing and Less-Developed Countries

Lesson5.5–MexicoSocialCleavages

Mexico Social Cleavages

• Recentchangetocoincidingcleavages(explosive)•  Urban,middle-class,mesFzos,northerners•  Rural,poor,Amer-Indians,southerners

Urban v. Rural

• PRIpatron-clientsystemoriginallyintendedtocontrolamajoritypeasantpopulaFon•  Today75%ofMexicoisurban.

• UrbanvoterslessinclinedtosupportthePRI–voteforPANorPRD• Wantreformstothepatron-clientsystem

Social Class

• Mexico’swealthinequalityishigh-.47Ginicoefficient•  Growingmiddleclass

•  SupportPANandvoteatahigherrate•  Poorerregionshavelowerliteracyrateandless-likelytovote•  NegaFveeffectofthewarondrugs

•  Growingeconomyraisingtheincomeofthepoorersectoroftheeconomy.

Ethnicity

• MesFzov.Amer-Indian•  65%idenFfyasMesFzoand30%idenFfyasAmer-Indian•  Amer-Indiansfeeldisadvantaged•  Poor,rural,andlessvoFngpower

Regional • Northv.South•  TheNorthbenefitsgreatlyfromtradewiththeUnitedStates•  SubstanFalmiddleclass•  HigheducaFon

•  TheSouthlackstheinfluenceoftheUnitedStatesbothsociallyandeconomically•  Averageof6yearsofschooling•  ZapaFstaMovement–ValuesAmer-IndianheritageandseeksmorerightsfornaFves•  1994Uprising–tookcontrolof6ciFesbeforelosingtheirgains–sFllexistintheSouth.

The Patron-Client System

•  SimilartoNomenklaturaandGuanxi•  AndspoilssystemintheUS.

• Caudillos–Groupsofsupportersforeachleader.•  Camarilla–hierarchicalnetworkthroughwhichofficesandbenefitsareexchanged.

Zapa@stas Ar@cle

• ReadthearFcle.• AnswerthequesFonsonaseparatesheetofpaper.