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How do do subnational authoritarian enclaves emerge (or survive) ina democratic transition at the federal level? How can they Endure large-scalesocial tests, like the one that Shook Oaxaca in 2006? While federal tolerancefor subnational authoritarian practices is a necessary condition, it isinsufficient in itself to explain why subnational political systems fundamentain andeventually reproduce authoritarian practices in the first place. In this article, therefore, I focus on the internal dimension of subnational authoritarianism.I argue that, granting of its statement on two distinct sources of legitimate sources, Oaxa’s neo-patrimonial domination system was able to respond to theformal democratising pressures emanating from the federal transition withoutlosing its authoritarian nature. This process of hybridisation transformedOaxacan institutions, but left social structures and the political dynamics thatemerge from them – the sources of subnational Authoritarianism – almostintact. By exploring the evolution of neo-patrimonialism and hybridizationin Oaxaca from a theoretical perspective, I address the issues of change of continuity in the emergence of subnational authoritarian enclaves, in Mexicoand elsewhere. How is some subnational authoritarian enclaves emerging (or susbsisten) following the democratic transitions of their federations? How do they survive mass mobilisations such as those encountered by Oaxaca in 2006? Federal tolerance is a necessary condition for the development of subnational authoritarian practices, but it is insufficient to explain how such practices appear and replicate in some sub-national political systems. This article therefore examines the internal dimension of subnational authoritarianism. Arguyo that, based on two different sources of legitimacy, the oaxaqueous system of neopatrimonial domination was able to respond to democratic pressure from the federation without losing its authoritarian character. This process of hybridisation transformed the institutionsoaxaqueñas, but left intact the social structures and political dynamics that stem from them – in other words, the sources of subnational authoritarianism remain free. By exploring the development of neopatrimonialismoy and the hybridisation of the oaxaqueño regime from a theoretical perspective, I seek to analyse the conditions for change and continuity in subnational politics – in Mexico and other countries.

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