ABSTRACT
Contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................233 2 Governance in Mexico ................................................................... 234 3 The Struggle to Redistribute Power .................................................236 4 Toward Transforming Mexico’s Civil Service .................................239 5 Conclusion .................................................................................... 242 References ............................................................................................... 244
rightist National Action Party (PAN) won the presidency and facilitated a surprisingly peaceful and civilized transition. Six years later, however, the 2006 presidential race was very contentious. In a very close election, Felipe Calderón, of the conservative PAN, was declared the winner. The runner-up, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, from the left-of-center Coalition for the Good of All (PRD), immediately challenged the election results and led and threatened to continue massive marches, protests, and acts of civil resistance to highlight alleged governmental fraud. These recent political transitions represent many possibilities, not the least of which is the new and real possibility for deep transformation of political-administrative relationships within Mexico’s government and between Mexico’s government and Mexican society. Thus, although political transformation in Mexico is underway, so is reform of its public administration.
