Preliminary Elections on a Mexican Municipality: New Trends in Mexico's Struggle towards Democracy

William V. D´Antonio, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA

Doctor in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of the State of Michigan. Research assistant at the Catholic University of America, and professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He has been executive director of the American Sociological Association, and member of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.
Recent publications: D'Antonio, WV, and Steven Tuch, "Religion Drives the Divide in US Congress", in the Washington Post, August 27, 2004; D'Antonio, WV, "Communitarianism and the Privatization of Belief: The Case of US Catholics", in Annals of the International Institute of Sociology, Netherlands, Brill Publishing Co., 2000. dantonio@cua.edu

Richard Suter, Michigan State University, USA

Professor of Psychology, English and Social Studies. He graduated from Purdue University, and has studied at the University of East Stroudsburg and Yale University. He has worked as an analyst and consultant in various American institutions, and currently works in the Kain Management Group.