TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mossige,Dag Drange
TI  - Mexico's left: the paradox of the PRD 
SN  - 9781935049623 (hc : alk. paper)
AV  - JL 1298 M913m 2013
U1  - 324.272/072 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boulder, Colorado
PB  - FirstForumPress, Inc.
KW  - Partido de la Revolución Democrática (México)
KW  - Right and left (Political science)
KW  - Derecha e izquierda (Ciencias políticas)
KW  - Intra-party disagreements (Political parties)
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2000-
KW  - México
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and index; List of figures and tables ix
Acknowledgments – xi
List Acronyms – xiii
The Paradox of the PRD: What Went Wrong? – p. 1
2006: What Happened to Mexico’s Democracy? – p. 27
The PRD: Born on the Back of a Fraud – p. 69
The Gains of Moderation and the Return to Mobilization – p. 107
After 2006: Back to Square One? – p. 163
The Paradoxes of the 2007 Electoral Reform – p. 209
The 2008 Petroleum Reform – p. 225
The Showdown with AMLO – p. 241
The PRD and Mexico’s Democracy – p. 299
Bibliography – p. 311
Index – p. 329
About the Book – p. 337
N2  - This book dives deep into the internal dynamics of Mexico’s largest left‐wing party, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Mossige examines why the PRD has struggled with internal turmoil despite notable electoral progress—particularly after the contentious 2006 presidential election.
His central argument highlights a persistent divide within the PRD: one faction pushes for a conventional party model centered on governance and electoral success, while another remains closely aligned with social movement tactics and grassroots mobilization. This tension, he argues, underlies many of the party’s conflicts and setbacks
ER  -