Migraciones Internacionales ISSN: 1665-8906
[email protected] El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C. México Bakker, Matt; Smith, Michael Peter El Rey del Tomate. Migrant Political Transnationalism and Democratization in Mexico. Migraciones Internacionales, vol. 2, núm. 1, enero-junio, 2003, p. 0 El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C. Tijuana, México Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15102103 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto MIGRACIONES INTERNACIONALES, VOL. 2, NÚM. 1, ENERO-JUNIO 2003 pp. 59-83. El Rey del Tomate Migrant Political Transnationalism and Democratization in Mexico Matt Bakker Michael Peter Smith University of California, Davis ABSTRACT The highly publicized transnational political campaign of Andrés Bermúdez, who ran for mayor of Jerez, Zacatecas, is considered in terms of a continuum of theoretical frameworks on democratic theory and practice. Grounded in intensive qualitative interviews with key participants in the campaign, the study addresses the following questions: To what extent does the Bermúdez candidacy contribute to opening up the Mexican political system to the electoral participation of migrants? What implications do the political processes revealed here have for full-scale dual citizenship, including absentee voting and transnational campaigning by Mexican migrants living in the United States? What does the Bermúdez story contribute to our theoretical understanding of the character and significance of migrant political transnationalism at the present moment? Answers to these questions make it possible to determine the role of the Bermúdez campaign in the ongoing saga of democratization in contemporary Mexico.