Governmental Fulfi llment and Govern Styles. Analysis of the Governments of the Semi-urban Municipalities of Michoacán, Mexico

Abstract

With the creation of indicators and their operation, two indexes were calculated, one to determine the level of fulfi llment to the basic governmental processes of semi-urban municipalities in Michoacan, and other to set the govern style. The governmental fulfi llment index shows that these municipalities partially serve their basic tasks. Its exercise is almost by inertia. The other index shows that follow the traditional govern style. It is a style where the role of the mayor is high and without stable practices of social cooperation. The correlation of indexes proposes that low fulfi llment is by govern style. The results also explain that the strategic position of semi-urban is not used by the government to promote other govern style, looking to improve their fulfi llment. Several citizens groups -in these municipalities- formed alternative governments that replace the formal government, others have formed parallel governments.