User:Claudia Paine22

About Me

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I am currently a student at Rice University becoming a Wikipedia contributor for the first time. I plan to major in History with an International Concentration, and obtain minors both in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities and Politics, Law and Social Thought. My pen name, Claudia Paine takes from CJ Cregg and Thomas Paine, both of whom I admire for their commitment to using their skill set to improve the world in their own way; a goal I aim to achieve in editing Wikipedia. I plan to use the analysis and critical thinking skills I have obtained through multiple history classes to create well-rounded articles on topics relevant to international politics and human rights to enable internet users to be better informed. Please feel free to give any feedback.

Current Projects

I have recently finalized my decision for my project of this semester. Last semester, I worked on developing this article because the articles on the Politics of Mexico and the History of Mexico were both lacking in this topic, and adding to these articles would become bulky. Due primarily to time constraints, however, I did not add as much to the article as I would have liked. The main issue with the current iteration of the article is its overwhelming focus on the PRI’s one party dictatorship. Thus, I would like to edit this article and add more information on the PAN and PRD – the two other main political parties in Mexico. This topic is especially relevant today given that the current president is the first PRD president, and it remains to be seen whether or not his presidency marks the shift to a full democracy and the demise of the PRI.

Potential Resources:

Baldez, L. (2004), Elected Bodies: The Gender Quota Law for Legislative Candidates in Mexico. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 29: 231-258. doi:10.3162/036298004X201168.

Bruhn, Kathleen. "Electing Extremists? Party Primaries and Legislative Candidates in Mexico." Comparative Politics 45, no. 4 (2013): 398-417. Accessed January 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/43664073.

Castañeda, Jorge G., and Marco A. Morales. "Progress, but to What End? 2007 Electoral Reform in Mexico." Harvard International Review 30, no. 1 (2008): 44-48. Accessed January 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/43649195.

Corral González Margarita. “Francisco Reveles Vázquez (coord.) «Partido de Acción Nacional: los signos de la institucionalización». México: UNAM y Ediciones Gernika, 2002. 551 pp.” América Latina Hoy 35 (October 1, 2010): 233–235. https://doaj.org/article/b3b3b9ddb8684a3baf7f9ef74eb7ab00.

Eisenstadt, Todd A. "Measuring Electoral Court Failure in Democratizing Mexico." International Political Science Review / Revue Internationale De Science Politique 23, no. 1 (2002): 47-68. Accessed January 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/1601410.

Finkel, Jodi. "Supreme Court Decisions on Electoral Rules after Mexico's 1994 Judicial Reform: An Empowered Court." Journal of Latin American Studies 35, no. 4 (2003): 777-99. Accessed January 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/3875832.

Hilgers, Tina. “Causes and Consequences of Political Clientelism: Mexico's PRD in Comparative Perspective.” Latin American Politics and Society 50, no. 4 (2008): 123–53. doi:10.1111/j.1548-2456.2008.00032.x.

Horcasitas, Juan Molinar. "Changing the balance of power in a hegemonic party system: the case of Mexico." In Institutional Design in New Democracies, pp. 137-160. Routledge, 2018.

Klesner, Joseph Lee. "Electoral reform in an authoritarian regime--the case of Mexico." PhD diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.

Loaeza, Soledad. "El Partido Acción Nacional: La Oposición Leal En México." Foro Internacional 14, no. 3 (55) (1974): 352-74. Accessed January 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/27754100.

Middlebrook, Kevin J. "Political Change in Mexico." Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science 34, no. 1 (1981): 55-66. Accessed January 28, 2020. doi:10.2307/1174030.

Molenaar, Fransje. "Legitimising Political Party Representation: Party Law Development in Latin America." International Political Science Review / Revue Internationale De Science Politique 35, no. 3 (2014): 324-38. Accessed January 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/24573403.

Mossige, Dag Drange. Mexico’s Left : the Paradox of the PRD / Dag Mossige. Boulder, Colorado: FirstForumPress, Inc., 2013.

Simpser, Alberto. "Does Electoral Manipulation Discourage Voter Turnout? Evidence from Mexico." The Journal of Politics 74, no. 3 (2012): 782-95. Accessed January 28, 2020. doi:10.1017/s0022381612000333.

Olvera, Alberto J. "The Elusive Democracy: Political Parties, Democratic Institutions, and Civil Society in Mexico." Latin American Research Review 45 (2010): 79-107. Accessed January 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/27919215.

Serra, Gilles. "The risk of partyarchy and democratic backsliding: Mexico's electoral reform." (2012).

Wuhs, Steven Todd. Savage Democracy : Institutional Change and Party Development in Mexico / Steven T. Wuhs. University Park, Pa: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.