This volume addresses a new problem of the Mexican political system: the gap between the implosion of the “neoliberal” democratization project and the emergence of a hyper-presidential regime. Starting from the premise that the presidential election of July 2, 2018 was a watershed in the history of the modern Mexican political system, the works collected here examine the scope and limitations of the hyper-presidential exercise to create new institutional bases for political life in Mexico , including a system of parties and electoral competition that is both functional and representative of citizens' preferences. The authors examine the changes in the architecture of the division of powers, both Congress and the Judiciary, and the “post-crisis” configuration of the party system, including the official party. Likewise, the new relationship between the new presidentialism and the political, social and economic actors that have effective influence in the government's decision-making process and in the construction of state governance is addressed.

In these essays there is a common line of interest in examining the depth of these transformations. The term “political regime” is deliberately used in an expanded meaning as a synonym for the American term “political system”, with two levels of meaning: on the one hand the traditional one, which includes the division of powers and their balances, the form of government and of competition for access to the political power of the State; on the other hand, that which includes the network of agreements between the national and foreign de facto powers that participate in the political decision-making process. In all cases, the rise of a new version of Mexican authoritarian presidentialism that has marked the political history of the 20th and 20th centuries is examined, warning that the new presidentialism differs notably from previous versions in its limitations to construct a new form or variant. stable regime. The volume offers works that invite a conversation that transcends the speculation and restorative agendas of the ancien regime and the voluntarist exegeses of the future of the 4T.

Collaborating on this book are Alberto Arellano Ríos, Josafat Cortez Salinas, Mariela Díaz Sandoval, Alberto Espejel Espinoza, Javier Esteinou Madrid, Anselmo Flores Andrade, Nancy García Vázquez, Marcos Pablo Moloeznik, Alejandro Monsiváis Carrillo, Juan Pablo Navarrete Vela, Francisco Reveles Vázquez, Juan Reyes del Campillo, Javier Rosiles Salas, Carlos Luis Sánchez y Sánchez, Laura Valencia Escamilla and Godofredo Vidal de la Rosa.