Based on the Morlino (2011) conceptual model, this article presents an assessment of the quality of democracy in Mexico, evaluating it in eight dimensions: Rule of law; Electoral accountability; Inter-institutional accountability; Political Participation; Political competition; Freedom; Equality; Responsiveness. From the identification of the critical elements of these dimensions –corruptionparticipation, participation- repression and participation-inequality, among others– the problematic knot that limits the quality of Mexican democracy is analyzed: the dysfunctionality in the dynamics of participation and in the rules for political competition. This tension has direct negative effects on electoral accountability and responsiveness. On the one hand, it causes the latent and actual conflicts of Mexican society find very restrictive electoral participation and political competition for processing and therefore representation in its classical sense, as unable to channel them creatively into public policy solutions. On the other hand, it manages to negatively influence the perception of the performance of democracy, their governments and political institutions.
Díaz González, C. A., & López Leyva, M. A. (2017). Una evaluación de la calidad de la democracia en México (2000-2016). Política. Revista De Ciencia Política, 55(1). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2017.50793
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