Democracia y sistema de partidos

Abstract

In his article, the author analyzes the conditions that have contributed to the consolidation of strong parties within an environment of greater political competivity. Thus, he affirms that the restrictions to the new parties during the time of the priista hegemony brought about the strengthening of said parties, that managed after all, to survive the hostile political circumstances. The writer considers as well that the stability of the political system is associated not only to the institutionalization of the parties —because, to his mind, it should integrate the notion of coalitions as well as a long term planning that permits the fortification of the party’s life over immediate interests— but also to the rules of the partisan game.