Rice professors to discuss Houston Hispanic vote

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– December 14, 2001Posted in: News Releases

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RICE
PROFESSORS TO DISCUSS HOUSTON HISPANIC VOTE


Rice University
professors Robert M. Stein of political science and Stephen L. Klineberg of
sociology will discuss “The Impact of the Hispanic Vote in the Houston Mayoral
Election” on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. in room 124 of Herring Hall on the Rice
University campus.


“The importance of this
discussion is to tell the significance of the Hispanic vote in this election and
how it may impact future elections,” says Richard Torres, president of the
Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “The 2000 Census forecasted Hispanic
political empowerment,” Torres adds, “and from that follows economic
empowerment.”


The Jesse H. Jones
Graduate School of Management and the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are
sponsoring the lecture. The Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was founded in
1977 to promote the interest of Hispanic-owned businesses. With more than 1200
members, the Chamber is one of the largest in the region.


Stein is dean of the
School of Social Sciences and the Lena Gohlman Fox professor of political
science. He appears frequently on radio and television, discussing local, state,
and national political issues. He has written three books, “Perpetuating the
Pork Barrel: Policy Subsystem and American Democracy;” “Federal Domestic
Outlays;” and “Urban Alternatives: Public and Private Markets in the Provision
of Local Services.”


In 1982, Klineberg
initiated the annual Houston Area Survey, which explores public responses to
changing trends, and he has conducted extensive additional research in Harris
County’s ethnic communities. Klineberg is completing a book this year,
tentatively entitled “Making Sense of Our Times: A Study of Changing Attitudes
in the Houston Area,” that builds on twenty years of survey research to explore
the way the general public is responding to the economic, demographic and
environmental challenges of our time.


A reception will follow
the lecture. Herring Hall is across the street from the Baker Institute for
Public Policy. A campus map can be found at <http://dacnet.rice.edu/maps/space/>.



Rice University is consistently ranked one of America’s
best teaching and research universities. It is distinguished by its: size-2,700
undergraduates and 1,500 graduate students; selectivity-10 applicants for each
place in the freshman class; resources-an undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio
of 5-to-1, and the fifth largest endowment per student among private American
universities; residential college system, which builds communities that are both
close-knit and diverse; and collaborative culture, which crosses disciplines,
integrates teaching and research, and intermingles undergraduate and graduate
work. Rice’s wooded campus is located in the nation’s fourth largest city and on
America’s South Coast.








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