Electoral competition and institutional change in Mexico / Caroline C. Beer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beer, Caroline C., 1972-

Contributor:

Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation--Mexico.

Representative government and representation.

Mexico.

Democracy--Mexico.

Democracy.

Elections--Mexico.

Elections.

Mexico--Politics and government--1988-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2003]

Summary:

This volume offers the definitive account of the life and labors of Edward Sorin, founder of the University of Notre Dame. Born in the west of France in 1814, Sorin was ordained in 1838 and joined the newly founded Congregation of Holy Cross shortly thereafter. In 1841, Father Sorin, along with six Holy Cross brothers, was sent to establish a mission in Indiana. After a year's service in the Vincennes diocese's fledgling parochial schools, Sorin was offered a tract of land in the diocese's northern-most section - on the condition that a college be situated there. Father Sorin and his companions arrived at the lakeside property, located near the south bend of the St. Joseph River, in November 1842. The next year, the state of Indiana granted a charter to what Sorin proudly and reverently called the University of Notre Dame du Lac. In its early days, Father Sorin's "university" was composed of a few log shacks and a handful of half-educated brothers, only a few of whom could speak English. There was no money and hardly any students. Edward Sorin is a history of the man who overcame great odds to found and grow one of the world's premier Catholic institutions of higher learning.

Contents:

1: Introduction

2: The consequences of electoral competition: theoretical perspectives

3: Legislative change in three states

4: Legislative change across the nation

5: The recruitment of governors

6: Changing decision-making arenas

7: Conclusion.

Notes:

"From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-187) and index.

ISBN:

0268027668

0268027676

OCLC:

51755941