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CLACS Lecture Series. "Protecting Democracy in the Age of Polarization: Lessons from Latin America"

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science
Location
Room 46 Information Sciences, 501 E Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Date
Oct 21, 2019   3:00 pm  
Speaker
Dr. Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Contact
Kasia Szremski
E-Mail
szremski@illinois.edu
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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Protecting Democracy in the Age of Polarization: Lessons from Latin America

Conventional wisdom holds that, in Latin America, conflict between the president and the opposition is a recurrent source of democratic instability. This presentation shows instead that dysfunctional institutions can help us protect democracy in times of political polarization. A comparative study of 18 Latin American countries between 1925 and 2016 yields important lessons to understand contemporary cases like Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, but also illuminates challenges to democracy in the United States.

Aníbal Pérez-Liñan is Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, and Editor in Chief of the Latin American Research Review (LARR).

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