AS THE CULMINATION OF our year-long examination of the transformations sweeping through Latin America, international scholars gather to discuss the implications for democracy, stable governance and popular wellbeing in the region.

9:00-10:30 am: POST-LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

George Ciccariello-Maher (Drexel University Dept. of History and Politics)
"Venezuela Between Two States"

Paulina Ochoa Espejo (Haverford College Dept. of Political Science)
"Democratic Self-Limitation: Reexamining 'The People' in the Theory of Populism" Read PDF

Chair: Amy Offner (Penn History)
Discussant: Anne Norton (Penn Political Science)

10:45 am-12:15 pm: RACE AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES

Juliet Hooker (University of Texas at Austin Dept. of Government)
"Anti-Imperial but not Decolonial? Vasconcelos on Race and Latin American Identity" Read PDF

Oscar Vega Camacho (Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia)
"Decolonization and Plurinationality" Read PDF

Chair: Ann Farnsworth-Alvear (Penn History)
Discussant: Tukufu Zuberi (Penn Sociology)

1:30-3:00 pm: COURTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES

Sandra Botero (University of Notre Dame Dept. of Political Science)
"Agents of Neoliberalism? High courts and rights in Latin America" Read PDF

Roberto Gargarella (University Torcuato Di Tella Law School)
"Constitutional Changes and Judicial Power in Latin America" Read PDF

Chair: Emilio Parrado (Penn Sociology)
Discussant: Rogers Smith (Penn Political Science / DCC Director)

3:15-5:00 pm: CITIZENSHIP AND NEW FORMS OF PARTICIPATION

Thamy Pogrebinschi (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Democracy and Democratization Research Unit)
"The Rise of Participatory Innovations and the Pragmatic Turn of Democracy in Latin America" Read PDF

Gisela Zaremberg (FLACSO México)
"The Gattopardo1 Era: Innovation and Representation in Mexico in Post-neoliberal Times" Read PDF

Chair: Mason Moseley (Penn DCC Postdoctoral Fellow)
Discussant: Tulia Falleti (Penn Political Science)