José Antonio Crespo

José Antonio Crespo is professor and researcher at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE) in Mexico City.  His research interests include electoral reform, political parties, democratization, political culture, public opinion, and political transitions within Mexico.  Among his accomplishments, Crespo has been interviewed on many radio and television programs, has written articles for magazines and newspapers in and outside of Mexico, and has been a guest researcher at the University of California, San Diego.  His most recent publications include Contra la historia oficial (Barcelona: Random House Mondadori, 2009); Hablan las actas (Barcelona: Random House Mondadori, 2008); El fracaso histórico del presidencialismo mexicano (México: Fondo de Cultural Económica, 2004); PRI: De la hegemonía a la oposición (México: Centro de Estudios de Política Comparada, 2001); and Los riesgos de la sucesión presidencial (México: Centro de Estudios de Política Comparada, 1999). Crespo earned his B.A. degree in International Relations at the Colegio de México, his M.A. degree in Political Sociology at the Universidad Iberoamericana, and his Ph.D. in History at the Universidad Iberoamericana.