Unit 5: Industrializing and Less-Developed Countries
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Unit 5: Industrializing and Less-Developed Countries Lesson 5.3 – Mexico Government Structure
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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)
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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.
