March 6, 2013, 12:15-1:45pm
UBC, Buchanan Seminar Room C403
The impact of the departure from authoritarian regimes in Latin America had generated a great deal of literature concerning the character of the transition and the dangers of a return to nondemocratic practices. Accompanying the stabilization of democracy in the region, problems regarding the representative system, the relation between civil society, economy and the state, and new forms of citizenship are now at forefront of the debate.
We present the results of two important research projects on Latin American society and politics: New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America, edited by Max Cameron, Eric Hershberg and Kenneth E. Sharpe, and Environment and Citizenship in Latin America, edited by Alex Latta and Hannah Wittman, bring challenging discussions about innovatory democratic practices and its outcomes, and the concept of environmental citizenship.
Speakers:
Max Cameron (UBC Political Science, Director of the CSDI)
Renato Francisquini (PhD candidate, University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Jason Tockman (PhD student, UBC Political Science)
Mark Warren (UBC Political Science),
Hannah Wittman (UBC Land and Food Systems)
Free and open to the public. Coffee and tea will be provided.
Sponsored by UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions the Department of Political Science.