Contestations to Liberal Script in Latin America 
Latin America is the second most democratic region in the world, right after Western Europe and North America, both with regard to the number of democratic countries or the size of the population living in democracies. On the other hand, the wave of setbacks in the quality of institutions and democratic culture has also reached Latin America – from Mexico to Argentina, including Brazil under Bolsonaro. It coincides with the deepening processes of contestation of the liberal script that began in the 2010s. This seminar will discuss the main causes of polarization and ‘democratic backsliding’ processes in the region, in a comparative perspective. It will seek to answer the question: to what extent do these processes resemble or differ in the various countries of Latin America and in comparison with Western Europe and the US?
CRISTÓBAL ROVIRA KALTWASSER
Professor at the Institute of Political Science at the Catholic University of Chile. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies and the Director of the Laboratory for the Study of the Far Right. Along with Tim Bale, he recently published “Riding the Populist Wave: Europe’s Mainstream Right in Crisis” (Cambridge, 2021).
TANJA A. BÖRZEL
Director of the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script.” Her most important publications include “The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism” (2016, co-edited with Thomas Risse), “Effective Governance Under Anarchy: Institutions, Legitimacy, and Social Trust in Areas of Limited Statehood,” co-authored with Thomas Risse (2021), and “Why Noncompliance: The Politics of Law in the European Union” (2021).
SERGIO FAUSTO
Cientista político e diretor geral da Fundação FHC.
March 13th | 09:30 AM
(Brasilia Time)
*9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.: Registration.
A brunch will be served after the event.
Local: Fundação FHC
Address: Rua Formosa, 367
6º andar – Centro, São Paulo – SP
Phone: +55 11 3359-5039
INFORMATIONS
The event is free and reserved for guests.
The invitation is personal and non-transferable and places are limited.
Photo ID will be required.
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