Mexican Governor Statements on Policy Recentralization Under Peña Nieto

Armesto, Alejandra's database records public statements by Mexican governors regarding recentralization processes during the Enrique Peña Nieto administration, starting December 2012. The data was compiled through systematic media review of state and national news sources to document governor positions on educational, political-electoral, and administrative recentralization. The dataset was last updated on May 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze political alignment or opposition to federal reforms based on governor statements.
• Track the evolution of discourse on policy recentralization over time.
• Compare governor positions across different policy dimensions like education and administration.
• Study the relationship between public statements and regional political dynamics.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific political period starting in December 2012.
• Documents governor positions across three defined policy dimensions.
• Data collection method is specified as systematic media review.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect media source bias inherent to the collection method.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, author Armesto, Alejandra.

Collection Method

Systematic hemerographic review of state and national media.

Time Range

From December 2012 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 12:58:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico, focusing on state governors.