Dr. Yanilda Gonzalez  (Harvard University) The talk examines mobilization by the mothers of victims of state violence in Latin America. It develops the concept of resilient citizenship to elucidate how individuals vulnerable to the negation of citizenship and victims of state-induced trauma come to challenge the state socially and politically. Much of the social science […]

Wednesday, April 28 at noon Civic Participation and Democratic Attitudes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Peru Dr. Noam Lupu (Vanderbilt University) Registration required: http://rb.gy/e4td0e How does civic engagement affect political attitudes? Dr. Lupu studies the effects of civic engagement on political attitudes by leveraging a unique natural experiment in Peru. Prior to every election, Peruvian officials […]

Dr. Ben Lessing • University of Chicago Register here: Zoom Registration — From Brazil to El Salvador, prison gangs have transformed the state’s disciplinary institutions into headquarters for building drug empires, organizing street crime, and orchestrating terrorist attacks capable of bringing the state to heel. At the same time, they govern—providing order and physical safety for […]

Please join us next Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 12pm Agents of Incorporation: Social Movements, Unions and the Left Parties in Bolivia and Uruguay Dr. Fernando Rosenblatt Universidad Diego Portales • Santiago, Chile Registration Required: https://rb.gy/n9cjv0 — The left turn in Latin America expanded the rights of the popular sectors and extended rights to segments of the population […]

Please join us Wednesday April 14 at Noon Making the Public Work: The Politics of Mass Transit in Latin America Dr. Alisha Holland • Harvard University Registration Required: https://rb.gy/xx3gjg — In much of the world, public transportation infrastructure is sorely needed. Political economy models suggest that provision lags because uneven access and use of public transit […]