Miguel E. Basáñez
Miguel E. Basáñez
Phone: 617-627-6959
Fax: 617-627-7954
Office: Cultural Change Institute
Address:
132 Curtis St.
Somerville, MA 02144
Acting Director Cultural Change Institute
Education
BA, Law School, National Autonomous University of Mexico (1969)
MA, Public Administration, University of Warwick, England (1974)
M. Phil, Political Philosophy, London School of Economics, England (1982)
Ph.D., Political Sociology, London School of Economics, England (1991)
Professional Activities
University teaching
Iberoamerican University (1970-71), UNAM (National Autonomous University of México – 1974-78), UAEM (State of Mexico Autonomous University 1985-86), ITAM (Mexico's Autonomous Institute of Technology 1988-2008).
Government positions
From 1968 to 1988, being the last ones at the President's Office (1980-1982); the Governor of the State of México’s Office, (1982-1985); Attorney General of the State of Mexico (1985-86); and Chief of Staff for the Secretary of Energy (1986-88).
Business
Established and managed several companies from 1988 to 2008 for conducting and publishing public opinion surveys in México and worldwide since 1995.
Professional Associations
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), American Political Science Association (APSA), Americas Society, Club of Rome - Mexico’s Chapter, Council of the Americas, International Political Science Association (IPSA), Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Mexican Council for International Relations (COMEXI), Tepoztlán Center, World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR).
Courses
Fall 2009
Research Interests
Cultural values and survey research; how values affect political, economic, and social development; how they are rooted in religion and Law; how they are transmitted; how values relate to public policy and institutions; how they evolve and can be changed.
Selected Publications
Books
• North American Trajectory: Trade, Politics and Values, with R.
Inglehart and N. Nevitte, Aldyne de Gruyter, 1996.
• Human Beliefs and Values: A Cross-cultural Sourcebook Based on the
1999-2002 Values Surveys with R. Inglehart and others (eds), Siglo XXI,
Mexico, 2004
• Values and Life Styles in Urban Asia: A Cross-Cultural Analysis and
Sourcebook Based on the Asia Barometer Survey of 2003 with Takashi Inoguchi
and others (eds), Siglo XXI, Mexico, 2005
• Changing Values and Beliefs in 85 Countries: Trends from the Values Surveys
from 1981 to 2004 with L. Halman, R. Inglehart and others, Brill, 2007
Chapters
• "Is Mexico Heading Towards its Fifth Crisis?" in Riordan Roet (Ed)
Political and Economic Liberalization in Mexico, Lynee Rienner Publishers,
1993
• "Color and Democracy" with Pablo Parás in Roderic Ai Camp, Citizen Views of
Democracy in Latin America, Pittsburgh, 2000
• “Deconstructing the Mexican Ideology” in Laura Randall, (ed.) Changing
Structure of Mexico: Political, Social and Economic Prospects, New York:
M.E. Sharpe, 2006
• “The Camel and the Neddle” in L Harrison and P Berger (eds) Developing
Cultures: Case Studies, Routledge, 2006
• Value Change in Mexico 1980-2000: Evidence from the World Values Survey
with Alejandro Moreno in T. Pettersson and Y. Esmer (eds), Changing Values,
Persisting Cultures: Case Studies in Value Change, Brill, 2007
Academic articles
• The Nationalization of Banks and Mexican Public Opinion", The Mexican Forum
(Latinamerican Studies Institute, University of Texas, Austin), Vol 4, No. 2,
April 1984.
• "Tradiciones Combativas y Contemplativas: México Mañana", Revista Mexicana
de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, No. 125, Jul-Sept, 1986.
• "Problems in Interpreting Electoral Polls in Authoritarian Countries: Lessons
from the 1994 Mexican Election" in International Social Science Journal,
September 1995.
• Corruption and Distrust in Latin America, Development Outreach, World
Bank Institute, June 2007
• “North American Convergence – Revisited” with R. Inglehart and N. Nevitte in
Norteamérica, Revista Académica, UNAM: CISAN & Americas University: CNAS,
Year 2, No. 3, July-Dec. 2007