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Backgrounder April 2008
Center for Immigration Studies Backgrounder April 2008 “Jimmy Hoffa in a Dress” Union Boss’s Stranglehold on Mexican Education Creates Immigration Fallout By George W. Grayson Introduction During a five-day visit to the United States in February 2008, Mexican President Felipe Calderón lectured Washington on immigration reforms that should be accomplished. No doubt he will reprise this performance when he meets with President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in New Orleans for the annual North American Leaders Summit on April 20-21, 2008. At a speech before the California State Legislature in Sacramento, the visiting head-of-state vowed that he was working to create jobs in Mexico and tighten border security. He conceded that illegal immigration costs Mexico “a great deal,” describing the immigrants leaving the country as “our bravest, our youngest, and our strongest people.” He insisted that Mexico was doing the United States a favor by sending its people abroad. “Americans benefit from immigration. The immigrants complement this economy; they do not displace workers; they have a strong work ethic; and they contribute in taxes more money than they receive in social benefits.”1 While wrong on the tax issue, he failed to address the immigrants’ low educational attainment. This constitutes not only a major barrier to assimilation should they seek to become American citizens, but also means that they have the wrong skills, at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Ours is not the economy of the nineteenth century, when we needed strong backs to slash through forests, plough fields, lay rails, and excavate mines. -
The Impact of Federalism on National Party Cohesion in Brazil
National Party Cohesion in Brazil 259 SCOTT W. DESPOSATO University of Arizona The Impact of Federalism on National Party Cohesion in Brazil This article explores the impact of federalism on national party cohesion. Although credited with increasing economic growth and managing conflict in countries with diverse electorates, federal forms of government have also been blamed for weak party systems because national coalitions may be divided by interstate conflicts. This latter notion has been widely asserted, but there is virtually no empirical evidence of the relationship or even an effort to isolate and identify the specific features of federal systems that might weaken parties. In this article, I build and test a model of federal effects in national legislatures. I apply my framework to Brazil, whose weak party system is attributed, in part, to that country’s federal form of government. I find that federalism does significantly reduce party cohesion and that this effect can be tied to multiple state-level interests but that state-level actors’ impact on national party cohesion is surprisingly small. Introduction Federalism is one of the most widely studied of political institutions. Scholars have shown how federalism’s effects span a wide range of economic, policy, and political dimensions (see Chandler 1987; Davoodi and Zou 1998; Dyck 1997; Manor 1998; Riker 1964; Rodden 2002; Ross 2000; Stansel 2002; Stein 1999; Stepan 1999; Suberu 2001; Weingast 1995). In economic spheres, federalism has been lauded for improving market competitiveness and increasing growth; in politics, for successfully managing diverse and divided countries. But one potential cost of federalism is that excessive political decentralization could weaken polities’ ability to forge broad coalitions to tackle national issues.1 Federalism, the argument goes, weakens national parties because subnational conflicts are common in federal systems and national politicians are tied to subnational interests. -
Chiba University Overview Brochure (PDF)
CHIBA UNIVERSITY 2020 2021 21 0 2 - 20 0 2 20 0 2 Contents 01 Introduction 01-1 A Message from the President ................................................................................................. 3 01-2 Chiba University Charter ........................................................................................................... 4 01-3 Chiba University Vision ............................................................................................................... 6 01-4 Chiba University Facts at a Glance .......................................................................................... 8 01-5 Organization Chart ....................................................................................................................... 10 02 Topic 02-1 Enhanced Network for Global Innovative Education —ENGINE— ................................. 12 02-2 Academic Research & Innovation Management Organization (IMO) .......................... 14 02-3 WISE Program (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education) ........................................................................................................................ 15 02-4 Creating Innovation through Collaboration with Companies ......................................... 16 02-5 Institute for Global Prominent Research .............................................................................. 17 02-6 Inter-University Exchange Project .......................................................................................... 18 02-7 Frontier -
Looking at the 2006 Mexican Elections
CONFERENCE REPORT Looking at the 2006 Mexican Elections ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL Introduction PARTIES IN MEXICO On July 2, 2006, Mexicans will go to the polls to elect Mexico’s next president and to The widely accepted idea that more renew the federal Congress (senators and competitive electoral contests eventually deputies). The composition of Mexico’s new force a more institutionalized and open government will, no doubt, be of great nomination process of candidates was relevance for Canada, in light of the deep questioned by Prud’homme in light of the relationship that exists between these two developments observed in Mexico. Instead, countries as partners in North America. he argued, what we have seen in 2005 is that parties have met the requirement of Despite the importance of these elections, institutionalization and openness to different information about the electoral process and degrees. the developments in the political race to the presidency have not been covered Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) extensively in Canada. In the case of the PRD, the ideology of internal democracy seems to compete with For this reason, the Canadian Foundation for the preference to build unity around a leader the Americas (FOCAL) in partnership with capable of holding together the multiple the Centre for North American Politics and factions within the party. The selection of Society (CNAPS) at Carleton University Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as convened the conference Looking at the 2006 the party’s candidate indicates the Mexican Elections to provide some insights continuation of their traditional model that about the nomination process of Mexico’s bases party unity on the existence of a main political parties, on the preferences of charismatic leader. -
+ Brh Dissertation Post-Defense Draft 2018-09-24 FINAL
In the Wake of Insurgency: Testimony and the Politics of Memory and Silence in Oaxaca by Bruno E. Renero-Hannan A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Anthropology and History) in the University of Michigan 2018 Doctoral Committee Professor Ruth Behar, Co-Chair Associate Professor Sueann Caulfield, Co-Chair Professor Paul C. Johnson Professor Stuart Kirsch Professor Richard Turits, College of William and Mary Bruno E. Renero-Hannan [email protected] ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1529-7946 © Bruno E. Renero-Hannan 2018 Para Elena, Louisa, y Amelia Y para Elvira ii Acknowledgements It takes a village, and I have gained many debts in the elaboration of this dissertation. At every step of the way I have benefited from guidance and support of family, friends, colleagues, teachers, and compas. To begin with, I would like to thank my advisors and the co-chairs of my dissertation committee. Ruth Behar helped me find the voices I was looking for, and a path. I am grateful for her generosity as a reader, story-listener, and mentor, as well as her example as a radical practitioner of ethnography and a gifted writer. I came to know Sueann Caulfield as an inspiring teacher of Latin American history, whose example of commitment to teaching and research I carry with me; as co-chair, she guided me through multiple drafts of this work, offering patient encouragement and shrewd feedback, and motivating me to complete it. Stuart Kirsch was a supportive advisor throughout my early years at Michigan and fieldwork, introducing me to social movement studies and helping to shape the focus of my research. -
Becle, S.A.B. De C.V
[Translation for informational purposes only] ANNUAL REPORT FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ISSUERS OF SECURITIES AND TO OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE SECURITIES MARKET, FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018. BECLE, S.A.B. DE C.V. Guillermo González Camarena No.800-4, Col. Zedec Santa Fe, C.P. 01210, Mexico City, Mexico “CUERVO” Securities Representing the Capital Stock of the Issuer Characteristics Market in which they are registered Single Series Shares of Common Stock Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V. The securities of the issuer referred to above are registered in the National Securities Registry (Registro Nacional de Valores). Registration in the National Securities Registry (Registro Nacional de Valores) does not certify the soundness of the securities or the solvency of the issuer, or the accuracy or veracity of the information contained in the prospectus, and it does not validate the actions that, as applicable, have been performed in contravention of applicable law. [Translation for informational purposes only] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Overview 4 A) GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 4 B) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 C) RISK FACTORS 22 D) OTHER SECURITIES 42 E) MATERIAL CHANGES TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NATIONAL SECURITIES REGISTRY 43 F) PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 44 2) THE COMPANY 45 A) HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY 45 B) BUSINESS DESCRIPTION 49 i) Main Activity 49 ii) Distribution Channels 61 iii) Patents, licenses, brands and other agreements 63 iv) Main customers 64 v) Applicable law -
Federalism, Bicameralism, and Institutional Change: General Trends and One Case-Study*
brazilianpoliticalsciencereview ARTICLE Federalism, Bicameralism, and Institutional Change: General Trends and One Case-study* Marta Arretche University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil The article distinguishes federal states from bicameralism and mechanisms of territorial representation in order to examine the association of each with institutional change in 32 countries by using constitutional amendments as a proxy. It reveals that bicameralism tends to be a better predictor of constitutional stability than federalism. All of the bicameral cases that are associated with high rates of constitutional amendment are also federal states, including Brazil, India, Austria, and Malaysia. In order to explore the mechanisms explaining this unexpected outcome, the article also examines the voting behavior of Brazilian senators constitutional amendments proposals (CAPs). It shows that the Brazilian Senate is a partisan Chamber. The article concludes that regional influence over institutional change can be substantially reduced, even under symmetrical bicameralism in which the Senate acts as a second veto arena, when party discipline prevails over the cohesion of regional representation. Keywords: Federalism; Bicameralism; Senate; Institutional change; Brazil. well-established proposition in the institutional literature argues that federal Astates tend to take a slow reform path. Among other typical federal institutions, the second legislative body (the Senate) common to federal systems (Lijphart 1999; Stepan * The Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa no Estado -
A Guide to the Leadership Elections of the Institutional Revolutionary
A Guide to the Leadership Elections of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the National Action Party, and the Democratic Revolutionary Party George W. Grayson February 19, 2002 CSIS AMERICAS PROGRAM Policy Papers on the Americas A GUIDE TO THE LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS OF THE PRI, PAN, & PRD George W. Grayson Policy Papers on the Americas Volume XIII, Study 3 February 19, 2002 CSIS Americas Program About CSIS For four decades, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has been dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on—and policy solutions to—current and emerging global issues. CSIS is led by John J. Hamre, formerly deputy secretary of defense, who has been president and CEO since April 2000. It is guided by a board of trustees chaired by former senator Sam Nunn and consisting of prominent individuals from both the public and private sectors. The CSIS staff of 190 researchers and support staff focus primarily on three subject areas. First, CSIS addresses the full spectrum of new challenges to national and international security. Second, it maintains resident experts on all of the world’s major geographical regions. Third, it is committed to helping to develop new methods of governance for the global age; to this end, CSIS has programs on technology and public policy, international trade and finance, and energy. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CSIS is private, bipartisan, and tax-exempt. CSIS does not take specific policy positions; accordingly, all views expressed herein should be understood to be solely those of the author. © 2002 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. -
Instructional Technology Distance Learning
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND DISTANCE LEARNING March 2012 Volume 9 Number 3 Editorial Board Donald G. Perrin Ph.D. Executive Editor Elizabeth Perrin Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief Brent Muirhead Ph.D. Senior Editor Muhammad Betz, Ph.D. Editor ISSN 1550-6908 International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning PUBLISHER'S DECLARATION Research and innovation in teaching and learning are prime topics for the Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning (ISSN 1550-6908). The Journal was initiated in January 2004 to facilitate communication and collaboration among researchers, innovators, practitioners, and administrators of education and training involving innovative technologies and/or distance learning. The Journal is monthly, refereed, and global. Intellectual property rights are retained by the author(s) and a Creative Commons Copyright permits replication of articles and eBooks for education related purposes. Publication is managed by DonEl Learning Inc. supported by a host of volunteer editors, referees and production staff that cross national boundaries. IJITDL is committed to publish significant writings of high academic stature for worldwide distribution to stakeholders in distance learning and technology. In its first six years, the Journal logged over six million page views and more than one million downloads of Acrobat files of monthly journals and eBooks. Donald G. Perrin, Executive Editor Elizabeth Perrin, Editor in Chief Brent Muirhead, Senior Editor Muhammad Betz, Editor March -
CURRICULUM VITAE H. W. Perry, Jr. the University of Texas School Of
CURRICULUM VITAE H. W. Perry, Jr. The University of Texas School of Law 727 East Dean Keeton St. Austin, TX 78705 [email protected] (512) 232-1852 Education Ph.D., The University of Michigan, Political Science, 1987 Legal Coursework at The University of Michigan Law School M.A., The University of Michigan, Political Science B.A., with honors, Southern Methodist University, Political Science, Social Sciences, 1974 Academic Appointments University Distinguished Teaching Professor Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, 2000-present Associate Professor of Government, College of Liberal Arts, 1994-present The University of Texas at Austin Interdisciplinary professor, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 1990-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 1986-1990 Instructor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington University, 1983-1986 Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The University of Michigan, Spring/Summer 1981; Summer 1982 Visiting Appointments Distinguished Visiting Professor, LaTrobe Law School, Melbourne, Australia, June 2017, 2018 Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy, Bond University, Queensland, Australia, June, 2010 Astor Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Socio-legal Studies, Oxford University, June 2000 H. W. Perry, Jr. 2 Non-academic Director of Development, S.M.U. School of Law, 1975-1977 Employment Assistant Director of Development, S.M.U., 1974-1975 Selected Administrative Founding and current Director, Combined JD/Ph.D. program in law and Responsibilites, U.T. politics . Co-Principal Investigator, Ford Foundation Grant for Difficult Dialogs Director, Texas-Oxford Law Faculty interchange 2000-2007 Chair, Public Law subfield 1994-2005 Director, Democracy in the Third Millennium Program 1997-2000 Research Areas U. -
Education and Technology in Mexico and Latin America: Outlook and Challenges
http://rusc.uoc.edu doSSIEr Education and Technology in Mexico and Latin America: Outlook and Challenges. Introduction Submitted in: May 2013 Accepted in: May 2013 Published in: July 2013 Recommended citation ONTIVEROS, Margarita; CANAY, José Raúl (2013). “Education and Technology in Mexico and Latin Ame- rica: Outlook and Challenges. Introduction”. In: “Education and Technology in Mexico and Latin Ameri- ca: Outlook and Challenges” [online dossier]. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal (RUSC). Vol. 10, No 2. pp. 407-413. UOC. [Accessed: dd/mm/yy]. <http://rusc.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/article/view/v10n2-ontiveros-canay/v10n2-ontiveros-ca- nay-en> <http://dx.doi.org/10.7238/rusc.v10i2.1848> ISSN 1698-580X Abstract With an increasing number of young people reaching university entrance age, the demographic reality of Latin American countries is changing the face of their traditional higher education spaces. The impact is driving institutions to seek effective solutions, and technology has been identified as a ‘way forward’ in terms of offering education to the growing population of young people who want it. Technology- mediated education must therefore help to improve Latin American citizens’ quality of life. In Mexico, and since 2010, the National System of Distance Education (SINED) – an initiative led by universities interested in strengthening education mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs) – has been exploring ways to incorporate these tools into the evolution of Mexi- can and, by extension, Latin American universities. This monographic Dossier, produced in conjunction with RUSC. Universities and Knowledge So- ciety Journal, is part of the SINED’s effort to progress towards generating information, documentation and materials to support the academic community involved in ICTs and innovation from a number of angles, including use, learning and research. -
The Miciina Hairriccibie Registration Shows 2 Guys for Each
Registration Shows 2 Guys For Each Girl University College coeds should Juniors 665 1205 uomen. For the 283 senior busi- Of the 221 students in the tcring the School of Medicine, classes, but receive no credit, Seniors 392 801 <lo well this semester in "The Unclassified 981 663 ness majors, there are only 27 School of Engineering, only 5 only 20 are women. number 75. Auditors 36 39 women. are women. Picken' and Chosen' of Males" B> March 10 there «err Specie] non-credit courses, Reason-there Total 3,566 5,681 Illl through 202. The School of Music has the In addition to these under- I.L'.Vi graduate students enrol- programs and institutes contain arc men to 1.750 graduates, 3,375 women. The School of Arts and lowest enrollment with 28 men there ere 994 students led Hut linal figures have not 1,328 evening students The en- report Registrar The released by Seeinces has 1,157 day students and 20 women. classified as new freshmen, trans- set been released. I'nlike any rollment m this area is still open. George Smith shows the follow- in; fers, and re-admitted students. Other school, the evening grad- iitul evening students. Of Only in the School of Educa- Summary totals for Srnnj enrollment are: ing for lioth daytime and eve- ii ile students these 775 .'ire males. tion do men have the advantage The Law School enrollment outnumber the Undergraduates 9247 ning undergraduate students: davtimcrs 702 to 184, with al- Graduates and professional students 1872 I Ii.-i .- .m 488 junior in with 478 males to 1,199 females reached 320 this semester.