Democracy in Theory and Practice

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.03.12

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Background
  2. Objectives
  3. Strategies
  4. Classroom Activities
  5. Resources
  6. Appendix
  7. Endnotes

Who decides who benefits? A comparative view of wealth distribution using examples from New Mexico's Legislature, Santa Fe City and the Pueblo of Pojoaque

Meredith Charlton Tilp

Published September 2008

Tools for this Unit:

Endnotes

1 Values in this instance mean what is good and bad, right and wrong individually and collectively.

2 The Angelou Report: Cultivating Santa Fe's Future: Economic Development Strategy 2004.

3 Ibarra, Christine and Valadez, John The Native American Conquistador. Video provides an excellent modern-day view of the tension between Native Americans and the Spanish Conquistadors. http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/lastconquistador/update.html

4 Shmidly, David J. "Legislature does Democracy proud," The Albuquerque Journal, February 25, 2008.

5 Schumpeter, Joseph, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Harper, 1942.

6 Graphic organizer used in Ian Shapiro's class on Democracy, Yale New Haven Institute, July 15, 2008.

7 Bemis, John, Assistant Commissioner of oil, gas and minerals of the NM Land Office explained taxes on the exploration of oil, gas and minerals. He said that where oil,gas and mineral extraction is concerned: the Federal Government (Bureau of Land Management) owns 35-40% of the land in New Mexico, and New Mexico owns 45% and private owners 15%.

8 Migliori, Robert, Senior Valedictorian, Capital High School, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 29, 2008.

9 US Census Bureau of the Census, 2006, Poverty rates by state. www.census.org

www.censusscope.org/us/map_common_race.html

10 Ibid. The Angelou Report: Cultivating Santa Fe's Future: Economic Development Strategy 2004.

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