The Elections of 2000: Politics, Culture, and Economics in North America

About the Contributors

About the Contributors Carol L. Beran is professor of English at Saint Mary’s College of California . She has published essays on works by many Canadian writers, including Margaret Atwood, Robert Kroetsch, Hugh MacLennan, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, and Aritha Van Herk. Her book Living over the Abyss is about Atwood’s Life before Man. Stephen Brooks is professor in the department of political science at the University of Windsor and visiting professor in the department of political science at the University of Michigan. His most recent books include Canadian Democracy (4th ed.) and As Others See Us: The Causes and Consequences of Global Perceptions of America. Anthony DePalma was bureau chief and correspondent for the New York Times in Mexico City and Toronto. He continues to cover the three nations of North America as international business correspondent for the Times. Rick Farmer is director of committee staff at the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He has written and taught about campaigns and elections, political parties, and term limits. José Luis Garcia-Aguilar is associate professor of international relations in the department of international relations, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, where he is currently chair. Professor Garcia teaches courses on Canada, American foreign policy, and theories of international relations. He also often comments on several networks about international issues. 273 John C. Green is the director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, as well as a professor of political science. He has done and written extensive research on American religion and politics, political parties, and campaign finance. Mark J. Kasoff is director of Canadian studies and professor of economics at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include Canadian direct investment in the United States, Canada-U.S. trade flows and NAFTA, and comparative business costs between Canada and the United States. Mary K. Kirtz is professor emerita of English and director of Canadian studies at the University of Akron. She has served on the executive council of the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States and as president of the Midwest Association of Canadian Studies. She is an associate editor of the American Review of Canadian Studies , has published widely on contemporary Canadian literature and culture, and received the Rufus Z. Smith Prize for an article on Marion Engels. Her most recent work appears in the essay collection, Margaret Atwood’s Textual Assassinations. Lydia Miljan is assistant professor of political science at the University of Windsor and director of the National Media Archive at the Fraser Institute. Her analysis of issues ranges from free trade to privatization, from health care to women’s issues, and from elections to referendum campaigns. Isidro Morales is dean of the School of Social Sciences at the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, in Mexico. He has co-authored two books and published several articles dealing mainly with integration and trade-related topics. Alejandro Moreno is professor of political science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, ITAM, and head of the department of survey research at La Reforma, both in Mexico City. He is the author of Political Cleavages: Issues, Parties, and the Consolidation of Democracy (1999), and co-author of Human Values and Beliefs: A Cross-Cultural Source-Book (1998). A B O U T T H E C O N T R I B U T O R S 274 Manuel Orozco is senior researcher at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University in Washington , D.C. A. Brian Tanguay is an associate professor in the department of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University. His main areas of interest are Quebec politics, Ontario politics, political parties, and interest groups and social movements. He is the co-editor of two books, Canadian Parties in Transition and Democracy with Justice. About the Contributors 275 ...