Mexican+Legitamacy

=What provides Legitimacy? =

=Legitimacy- Popular acceptance of a government as an authority (Xu)=

Revolution of 1910-1917 (CD)
-Great respect for revolutionary leaders such as Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juarez, Pancho Villa, Emilio Zapata, and Lazaro Cardenas -Legitamacy stabilized by Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) which established power into hands of the newly devised three-branch democratic government

The Church (CD)
Although Mexico has taken an anti-cleric position barring the Catholic Church's political influence in the country, a vast percentage of the Mexican citizenry are devout Catholics and their religious practices determine political actions and morals.



[|Legitimacy and Credibility Crisis (Xu)]

General Overview of first 10 Articles:
//Article 1// - All civil rights and liberties are to be granted upon all Mexicans and full protection under the law regardless of race, gender, age, health condition, ethnicity, religion, preferences or opinion. //Article 2// - Pluricultural and aware of indigenous identities //Article 3// - Freedom of religion, compulsory (and free) elementary education //Article 4// - All men and women equal under the law; **women, however, are given the responsibility for "development of the family";** rights for housing and children //Article 5// - Free to work in any profession //Article 6// - Freedom of speech //Article 8// - Freedom of petition //Article 9// - Freedom of assembly //Article 10// - Freedom to own firearms in own home for own protection

**Current Events (KS)** [|A Revolutionary Idea in Mexico: Don't Have One]

This article delves into the widely popular topic that Mexicans call “//estallido social//,” or the social explosion. The theory of //estallido social// stems from the 100-year lull in between Mexico’s social revolutions. Most Mexicans believe that Mexico has a revolution every 100 years. The first revolution began in 1810 and the second followed shortly after in 1910. Perhaps 2010 will bring the revolution that the majority of Mexicans are expecting, or maybe the belief in the legitimacy of Mexico’s government will prevail over Mexico’s historic revolutionary tendencies; Only time will tell!

[|2009 Mexican Election Lacks Legitimacy]

This article discusses the political, economic, and social causes of the disbelief in the Mexican voting system. Many Mexicans are questioning the degree of legitimacy that their vote will hold in the July 5th midterm elections. In the wake of rising unemployment and human rights violations, there has been a crisis of popular legitimacy.

**Key Concepts and Vocab (KS)** //Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI):// formed in 1929 after the Revolution of 1910-1917; ruled Mexico for more than 70 years; rival party is the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD); initially served as a way to contain the different revolutionary factions in Mexico. //Election of 2000:// first time that the rival party defeated the party in power since the 1917 revolution ended.