You are invited to join CLALS for the first of a two-meeting workshop discussion on legislative effectiveness in Latin America on October 16th, 2020 from 1:30 – 2:30 PM EST. Focusing on the emerging literature on legislative politics in Latin America, presenters will discuss the causes of legislative success in four of the region’s largest countries: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay. The event aims to answer the following question – why are some lawmakers more successful than others in pushing their policies through the legislative process and into law in Latin American legislatures?
The workshop’s first meeting will be moderated by Matthew Taylor, Associate Professor at American University, and include presentations from:
- Ernesto Calvo, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
- Constanza Schibber, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
- Sergio Arturo Bárcena Juárez, Research Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Beatriz Rey, Research Fellow at CLALS, Ph.D. Candidate at Syracuse University
The presentations will be followed by a discussion of the conditions that promote effectiveness in the region. Discussants include:
- James Thurber, Distinguished Professor of Government, Founder and Former Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University
- David Barker, Professor of Government, Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University
- Gisela Sin, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Tiffany D. Barnes, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky.
- Acir Almeida, Researcher, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica e Aplicada (IPEA)
- Taeko Hiroi, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso
- Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Professor of Political Science, Rice University
- Danielle Thomsen, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
You can register for the event here.
