The Power of Mexico's Ruling Party, the PRI, Rested on

question 35

Multiple Choice

The power of Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, rested on

• A) a system of institutionalized coercion and fraud.
• B) the paternalistic distribution of favors to the poor.
• C) the incorporation of dissidents into the state apparatus.
• D) popular identification of the PRI with Mexican nationalism.

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