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Mexico (AP Comp Gov)Lesgislative-Executive System: presidential
Legislature: Congreso de la Unión (National Congress)
Lower House: Càmara de Diputados (Federal Chamber of Deputies)
500 members total
300 chosen from single-member districts
200 deputies chosen by proportional representation
3 year terms with a limit of 4 terms
mixed electoral system
Upper House: Senado de la República (Senate)
2 senators from each of the 31 states and federal district (Mexico City) by party
with most votes
1 senator from party with second-most votes
32 seats by proportional representatoin
6 year terms with a limit of 2 terms
96 elected in a mixed system
Federal division of power
Main geographic subunits: estados (states)
Electoral system for lower house: mixed single-member districts and proportional
representation
Chief judicial body: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (National Supreme
Court of Justice)
Natural Resources:
- petroleum
- silver
- copper
Mexico (AP Comp Gov) 1
, - gold
- lead
- zinc
- natural gas
- timber
Mexico-U.S. Border
- 3200km long
- inevitable relationship
- migration, dependency, conflict
- long history of conflict (Mexican-American War)
Population
- roughly 128 million people
- 60% mestizo (mixed indigineous and European heritage)
- 30%* indigenous (Amerindian)
- 10% other
Urbanisation
- approximately 80% of Mexico’s population lives in urban areas
- Greater Mexico City (MC and metro area) ~ 22 million
- largest city in NA
- boroughs of GMC have high HDI on par with Austria or the Netherlands
North to south
- generally properous to poverty
- farther south, greater povery
National Identity
- strong sense of national identity based on history, religion, and language
Clientelism
- politics has long history of patron—client relationships (cooptation)
Authoritarianism
- long tradition of authoritarian rule, extends power of president today
Populism
- tradition of populist political, economic, and social movements
- current president a leftist populist president
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