When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024)

This article analyzes the transition from a party-based electoral system to an indigenous normative system grounded in uses and customs in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, implemented in the 2018 municipal election and sustained in the 2021 and 2024 electoral processes. Drawing on...

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Autor principal: Leal Ramírez, Uriel
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2026
Materias:
Pluralismo jurídico
democracia comunitaria
usos y costumbres
autonomía indígena
partidos políticos
México
Legal pluralism
community democracy
uses and customs
indigenous autonomy
political parties
Mexico
Acceso en línea:https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/174
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spelling I15-R205-article-1742026-04-27T03:44:49Z When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024) Cuando los pueblos gobiernan : democracia comunitaria y pluralismo jurídico en Ayutla de los Libres (2018-2024) Leal Ramírez, Uriel Pluralismo jurídico democracia comunitaria usos y costumbres autonomía indígena partidos políticos México Legal pluralism community democracy uses and customs indigenous autonomy political parties Mexico This article analyzes the transition from a party-based electoral system to an indigenous normative system grounded in uses and customs in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, implemented in the 2018 municipal election and sustained in the 2021 and 2024 electoral processes. Drawing on a theoretical framework that integrates legal pluralism, community democracy, and indigenous autonomy, and using a qualitative case-study approach based on documentary analysis, the article examines the legal and political disputes surrounding this transformation. The central hypothesis argues that elections based on uses and customs do not represent a democratic anomaly, but rather a legitimate reconfiguration of local political power in response to the crisis of the party system. The article demonstrates that this electoral model embodies a plural, intercultural, and substantive form of democracy driven by indigenous peoples as political actors. Este artículo analiza la transición del sistema electoral de partidos políticos hacia un sistema normativo interno basado en usos y costumbres en el municipio de Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, materializada en la elección municipal de 2018 y sostenida en los procesos de 2021 y 2024. Desde un enfoque teórico anclado en el pluralismo jurídico, la democracia comunitaria y la autonomía indígena, y mediante una metodología cualitativa basada en el estudio de caso y el análisis documental, se examinan las controversias legales y políticas que acompañaron este proceso. La hipótesis sostiene que la elección por usos y costumbres no constituye una anomalía democrática, sino una reconfiguración legítima del poder político local frente a la crisis del sistema de partidos. El objetivo es demostrar que este modelo expresa una forma de democracia plural, intercultural y sustantiva impulsada por los pueblos originarios como sujetos políticos. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2026-04-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/174 10.35305/rr.v7i11.174 Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP); Vol. 7 Núm. 11 (2025); 98-128 2683-7420 2683-7420 spa https://relasp.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/174/229 Derechos de autor 2026 Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.es
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topic Pluralismo jurídico
democracia comunitaria
usos y costumbres
autonomía indígena
partidos políticos
México
Legal pluralism
community democracy
uses and customs
indigenous autonomy
political parties
Mexico
spellingShingle Pluralismo jurídico
democracia comunitaria
usos y costumbres
autonomía indígena
partidos políticos
México
Legal pluralism
community democracy
uses and customs
indigenous autonomy
political parties
Mexico
Leal Ramírez, Uriel
When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024)
topic_facet Pluralismo jurídico
democracia comunitaria
usos y costumbres
autonomía indígena
partidos políticos
México
Legal pluralism
community democracy
uses and customs
indigenous autonomy
political parties
Mexico
author Leal Ramírez, Uriel
author_facet Leal Ramírez, Uriel
author_sort Leal Ramírez, Uriel
title When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024)
title_short When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024)
title_full When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024)
title_fullStr When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024)
title_full_unstemmed When the People Govern: Community Democracy and Legal Pluralism in Ayutla de los Libres (2018–2024)
title_sort when the people govern: community democracy and legal pluralism in ayutla de los libres (2018–2024)
description This article analyzes the transition from a party-based electoral system to an indigenous normative system grounded in uses and customs in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, implemented in the 2018 municipal election and sustained in the 2021 and 2024 electoral processes. Drawing on a theoretical framework that integrates legal pluralism, community democracy, and indigenous autonomy, and using a qualitative case-study approach based on documentary analysis, the article examines the legal and political disputes surrounding this transformation. The central hypothesis argues that elections based on uses and customs do not represent a democratic anomaly, but rather a legitimate reconfiguration of local political power in response to the crisis of the party system. The article demonstrates that this electoral model embodies a plural, intercultural, and substantive form of democracy driven by indigenous peoples as political actors.
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