TY - BOOK AU - Greene,Kenneth F. TI - Why dominant parties lose: Mexico's democratization in comparative perspective SN - 9780521139892 PY - 2009///] CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - One-party systems KW - Opposition (Political science) KW - Democratization KW - Mexico KW - Presidents KW - Election KW - 2000 KW - Comparative government N1 - Originally published : 2007; Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-331) and index; The puzzle of single-party dominance -- A theory of single-party dominance and opposition party evelopment -- Dominant party advantages and opposition party failure, 1930s-1990s -- Why participate? : a theory of elite activism in dominant party systems -- The empirical dynamics of elite activism -- Constrained to the core : opposition party organizations, 1980s-1990s -- Dominance defeated : voting behavior in the 2000 elections -- Extending the argument : Italy, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan ER -