Civil society organizations in Mexico: The cases of “Diálogos”
and “Kybernus”
The Mexican transition to democracy has opened new opportunities to political and
civic participation. Before this transition, the number of civil, and non-governmental
organizations, was minimal. The political sphere was monopolized by one political
party, which used to control the whole political system. Mexican society was
incorporated to public decisions through clientelistic methods. But after decades of
social and political change, we set up a different system for public decision-making.
In the 80’ Mexico decentralized many legal and adminis