examine the prominent features of the Mexican politics.

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Clarification of Question by 735603-ga on 27 Apr 2005 17:02 PDT

This is a question that was given for a political science course.
examples of features of Mexican politics;
* Clientelism, including in political recruitment.
* The rise of a technocracy and the rebellion of the "dinosaurs".
* The rise of opposition parties.
* The rebellion of regions e.g. Chiapas.
I need to elaborate on these and other features.

Here are articles relating to the subjects you expressed interest in. 
I hope they meet your needs.

Sincerely,

Wonko

"Politics of Mexico" Wikipedia (April 30, 2005)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Mexico

"Mexico's ruling political party, the Partido Revolucionario
Institucional (PRI) has traditionally ruled Mexico through a form of
corporative control in which worker's unions, peasant cooperatives,
government employees and many urban social movements (including land
invaders, street vendors, and other groups) have been coopted into the
party in exchange for limited state support of their interests. This
system, which most students of the Mexican political structure argue
explains the historical success of the PRI in dominating Mexican
politics for the last 70 years in Mexico, has been labelled by most of
those scholars as a system of 'clientelism....'"

"Breaking Down Clientelism: the formalization of street vending in
Mexico City" by John C. Cross, the American University in Cairo (1997)
http://www.openair.org/cross/plazapri.html

"PRI stalwarts objected to Zedillo. They wanted a seasoned politician,
PRI President Fernando Ortiz Arana, whom they could count on to snuff
out the Indian rebellion and to stop the massive shift to a free
market and free politics. These dinosaurs object to an
American-educated and trained technocracy running Mexico."

"The New Mexico" By Raoul Lowery Contreras, Reason (July 1994)
http://reason.com/9407/fe.contreras.html

"Mexico's opposition parties have agreed to form a coalition in a bid
to end seven decades of one-party dominance in presidential elections
next year."

"Mexican opposition moves towards coalition" BBC (August 5, 1999)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_412000/412338.stm

"Numerous electoral reforms implemented since 1989 have aided in the
opening of the Mexican political system, and opposition parties have
made historic gains in elections at all levels."

"Unexpected and traumatic events in early 1994 convulsed the Mexican
political scene. In January 1994, peasants in the state of Chiapas
briefly took up arms against the government, protesting alleged
oppression and governmental indifference to poverty. After nearly 2
weeks of fighting, clashes were halted by a cease-fire that remains in
effect. The government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
(EZLN) have negotiated on topics such as granting greater autonomy to
indigenous people since then, although the partial accords that were
reached have not been implemented. Following the massacre of 45
indigenous peasants in Acteal, Chiapas in December 1997, tensions in
the state increased and pressures for a negotiated settlement were
renewed."

"Political Conditions" ESL Focus.com (2000)
http://www.eslfocus.com/nationsfolder/fomexico/infoonmex4.html

and after we examine them, what then...?