<B>INTRODUCTION</B>

Murilo Kuschick Ramos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Bachelor and master in Social Anthropology and a doctorate in Sociology from the Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM. He is a professor and researcher at the Department of Sociology at the Universidad Autonóma Metropolitana, where he teaches the subjects of Sociological Theory and Problems and Selected Topics in Sociology and the Center for Postgraduate Studies of the Universidad Latinoamericana. He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores level I, and continues the research of democratic processes. markjankus@yahoo.com