Quality of democracy in local governments: issues and prospects

The study of the quality of democracy has focused mainly\ua0in whole countries, paying little attention to local governments.\ua0In light of this absence, the present paper describes\ua0some of the issues and prospects related to the study of\ua0the quality of democracy at the subnational level. By looking\ua0at the inconveniences posed by the Mexican case, the\ua0paper intends to call into question the theoretical, conceptual,\ua0methodological and contextual predicaments for the\ua0study of the quality of democracy in local governments.\ua0The foregoing with the aim of promoting a research agenda\ua0that seeks to resolve such problems and build reliable\ua0evidence that allows us to obtain better explanations