This international conference brings together scholars based in Switzerland and Latin American to discuss the interface of emerging challenges and possibilities that will shape Latin American democracies in the next decades. Although there has been much debate about the crisis of democracies, much has focused on rise of populism in North America and extreme-right in Europe. A closer look at Latin America allow us to better explore different meanings of democracy as well as its intersection with diverse patterns of economic regimes, redistribution policies, political cultures and recognition discourses.
13h00 – 13h15 – Opening
Graziella Moraes Silva and Rafael Sanchez
13h15 – 14h45 – Democracy as a moral concept
Gabriel Abend (University of Lucerne), Alexandre Werneck (UFRJ, Brazil)
(discussant: Graziella Moraes Silva IHEID)
14h45 – 15h15 Coffee Break
15h15 – 16h45 – Democracy and Populism
Margarita Lopez (Universidad Central de Venezuela)
Rafael Sanchez (IHEID)
(discussant: Benjamin Arditi)
17h- 18h – Electoral democracy and voting behavior in Latin America
David Sulmont (PUC-Lima, Peru)
(discussant: Martha Sandoval, PhD candidate Zurich)
En anglais.
Programme détaillé sur le site https://graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/new-latin-american-w…
Lieu: Maison de la paix