TY - JOUR
T1 - Distrust Breeds Bureaucracy
T2 - Democratization and the Formal Regulation of Electoral Governance in Mexico
AU - Schedler, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2001, © 2001 by American Society of Public Administration, International City/County Management Association, and the Council of State Governments. All rights reserved.
PY - 2001/4/1
Y1 - 2001/4/1
N2 - In contemporary Mexico, political parties have subjected electoral authorities to tight legal regulation. Their reliance on “bureaucratic” control sheds light on a crucial premise of “postbureaucratic” approaches—that deregulation presupposes trust. This article describes distrust-driven regulation in three areas: record keeping, the identification of voters and ballots, and time rules. It concludes with reflections on the potential costs of bureaucratizing electoral governance.
AB - In contemporary Mexico, political parties have subjected electoral authorities to tight legal regulation. Their reliance on “bureaucratic” control sheds light on a crucial premise of “postbureaucratic” approaches—that deregulation presupposes trust. This article describes distrust-driven regulation in three areas: record keeping, the identification of voters and ballots, and time rules. It concludes with reflections on the potential costs of bureaucratizing electoral governance.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937344367&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15580989.2001.11770868
DO - 10.1080/15580989.2001.11770868
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937344367
SN - 1099-9922
VL - 3
SP - 181
EP - 199
JO - Public Integrity
JF - Public Integrity
IS - 2
ER -