Democracy, Political Reform and Ethnic Movement in Mexico. A Balance for the Fourth Transformation

Abstract

I propose to analyze the role and impact of the ethnic social movement in the recent political transformations of Mexico. I will refer to political actions carried out by the ethnic movement and its transcendence in contemporary Mexican political reforms and electoral democracy.

Key moments in which political reforms were registered are emphasized, as well as the gestation processes and consolidation of the ethnic movement and stages in which the progress or setbacks of electoral democracy can be seen. A reflection and analysis is proposed seeking the possible links and interrelations of the thematic set that gives title to this article, and that little attention has been given to this in the sociopolitical studies in Mexico: Democracy, ethnic movement and political reforms which is the previous thing before a new process of re-construction of the State in Mexico, denominated Fourth Transformation.