" Using election results and many surveys made during the last decade, this book sheds light
not only on Mexico but on the subject of how an authoritarian mind-set can be transformed …

Single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is increasingly being used to
determine distances, structures, and dynamics of biomolecules in vitro and in vivo. However, …

Despite various electoral reforms enacted in Mexico between 1988 and 1994, large numbers
of Mexicans doubted the honesty of elections and the general integrity of their country's …

The recent scholarly literature on core political values has paid relatively little attention to how
values change over time. Drawing on studies in social psychology that find that values are …

On the basis of an analysis of a four-wave panel survey, we argue that exposure to television
news had significant, substantial effects on both attitudes and vote choices in Mexico's …

Africa’s art of cooking is a key part of its history. All too often Africa is associated with famine,
but in Stirring the Pot, James C. McCann describes how the ingredients, the practices, and …

… *Rod ney Stark is a professor of sociology and of comparative religion and James C. McCann
is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington (DK-40), Seattle, WA …

In the 1988 and 1991 national elections, Mexican voters asked themselves above all
whether they continued to support the long-ruling official party. Voter behavior was not well …

… James C. McCann is Professor of History and Director of the African Studies Center at
Boston University, where he specializes in the history of agriculture and environment in …

Using a large six-city exit poll from 2000, we examine popular judgments of what constitutes
“political corruption” in the United States. We find two distinct evaluative dimensions: …