Speaker: Amy Erica Smith, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Professor and Associate Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
Moderator: Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government
How have Brazilian society and politics changed in Jair Bolsonaro's first year in the presidency? In rhetoric and style, Bolsonaro has intensified culture war politics, setting his camp up for Manichean battles against perceived enemies who range from the...
Speaker: Juana García Duque, Associate Professor at the Business School, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia; Santo Domingo Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
The current Colombian context presents various challenges for peacebuilding, specifically regarding the reintegration and reincorporation of former combatants from illegal armed groups into civil society. The reintegration of ex-combatants implies a complex process that includes,...
Speaker: Beatriz Magaloni, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
A criminal trial is likely the most signicant interaction a citizen will ever have with the state; its conduct and adherence to norms of fairness bear directly on the quality of government, extent of democratic consolidation, and human...
Speaker: Santiago Anria, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies, Dickinson College Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Speaker: Ieva Jusionyte, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Studies Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
In the U.S.-Mexico border region, environmental emergencies – from...
Speaker: Ernesto Calvo, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland-College Park Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Social networks are today the primary source of political content among the unsteadily informed voters of Latin America. Much of the content, produced and published by traditional news organizations, caters to communities of partisans who activate posts among their peers. In this presentation,...
Speaker: Eduardo Montero, Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Assistant Professor, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Speaker: Emily Sellars, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Does emigration undermine pressure for agrarian change? I examine how the...
Speaker: Jared Abbott, PhD candidate, Department of Government Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Why are local-level participatory institutions implemented nationally in some countries but...
Speaker: Julie Weaver, PhD candidate, Department of Government Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Conventional academic wisdom holds that the carrot and stick of...
Speaker: Carlos Gervasoni, Associate Professor of Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Speaker: Andrés Schipani, PhD in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
The study analyzes the different redistributive strategies adopted by presidents...
Speaker: Viridiana Rios, Ph.D. in Government, Harvard University
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
In contexts where corruption is widespread, why do some incumbents choose to not be corrupt? My research argues that party loyalty is a major influence to reduce corruption and test this argument using fine-grained data of 12 billion dollars audited to 3,601 local incumbents over a period of 16 years. Contributing to an unsettled and vibrant...
Speaker: Alberto Vergara, Professor of Social and Political Sciences, Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru)
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Political parties are usually depicted as indispensable for democracies. However, Latin American history does not lack of instances of parties playing against democracy. Observing the case of Fuerza Popular (the Peruvian Fujimorista party) will allow us to analyze the ways how a political vehicle might...
Speaker: María Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
This book focuses on the non-policy benefits that voters consider when deciding their vote. In addition to proposing policies, parties deliver non-policy benefits, such as competent economic management, constituency service, and patronage. This book provides a unified view of how politicians...
Speaker: Eduardo Viola, Professor of International Relations, University of Brasilia; Senior Researcher of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government...
This project seeks to understand political life after episodes of mass violence. After suffering wartime atrocities and winning peace, millions of people around the world elect to live under the rule of political actors with deep roots in the violent organizations of the past. This book analyzes why citizens vote for...
Speaker: Temir Porras Ponceleon, CEO, Ventuari Partners
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Temir Porras Ponceleon began his public service career in the Republic of France and continued in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He specialized in foreign policy, sovereign credit, and oil. He has brokered and negotiated political and trade deals at the presidential level for more than 10 years in Latin...
What has gone right and...
Does emigration undermine pressure for agrarian change? I examine how the...
Why are local-level participatory institutions implemented nationally in some countries but...
Conventional academic wisdom holds that the carrot and stick of...
Both democratic and not-very-democratic (or...
The study analyzes the different redistributive strategies adopted by presidents...
Speaker: Kai Thaler, Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Speaker: Eduardo Viola, Professor of International Relations, University of Brasilia; Senior Researcher of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development
This project seeks to understand political life after episodes of mass violence. After suffering wartime atrocities and winning peace, millions of people around the world elect to live under the rule of political actors with deep roots in the violent organizations of the past. This book analyzes why citizens vote for...