Elections and cultural mediations in Guanajuato municipality

Abstract

This work describes the electoral itinerary of Atarjea, a guanajuatense municipio of the Sierra Gorda, starting from the dominion and crisis of the agrarismo, as the main political force, to get to the recent general elections on july of 2006. The point is to identify the implications of local mediations, that come from the result of the culture and history of the place, and his influence in changes that involve not only the notions of citizenship and democracy, but also the modernity in which they pretend to be supported.