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The north american electoral system and the last presidential election
16/03/2001 By Mickey Edwards, Publicaciones FRIDE, Gary Orren, David Pryor, William Schneider, Elizabeth Sherman
The Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE), as a part of its activities to promote the study of international issues and the reinforcement of democracy, held a round table on the 16th of May in which international experts discussed the North American electoral system and the last presidential election.
This newsletter contains the opinions of some of the experts -Mickey Edwards, Elizabeth A. Sherman, David Pryor, Gary Orren- who participated in the round table on issues such as the reform of the electoral system, the role of women in the political process, or the financing of the electoral campaigns. Lastly we have included an article by William Schneider, a well-known political analyst, on the
2000 presidential election.
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Keywords
Democracy Democracy promotion Elections North America United StatesBio author: Mickey Edwards
John Quincy Adams Lecturer in Legislative Politics at Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government. Lecturer in Law at the Harvard Law School.
Bio author: Publicaciones FRIDE
'Publicaciones FRIDE' is the byline used whenever a publication doesn't have a specific author.
Bio author: Gary Orren
Gary Orren is Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mr. Orren is leading expert on public opinion, politics, strategic communication and persuasion.
Bio author: David Pryor
David Pryor is Director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Mr Pryor was Governor of Arkansas and member of the House of Representatives.
Bio author: William Schneider
Mr Schneider is CNNs senior political analyst. Resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington D.C, and Professor of American Politics at Boston College.Contributing editor to Los Angeles Times, National Journal and The Atlantic Monthly.
Bio author: Elizabeth Sherman
