Annual Conference | Day 2

Event Start Date: March 01, 2024 10:00 AM
Event End Date: March 01, 2024 5:30 PM

Location: Smathers Library, Room 100

Populist Challenges to Democracy, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Status, White Resentment, and the Rise of the Far Right: Lessons from Brazil Mauro Porto, Tulane University
Economic crisis and democratic backsliding: the rise of Milei in Argentina in comparative perspective Gabriel Vommaro, Universidad de San Martín/CONICET, Tulane University
Fighting Crime to Dismantle Democracy: How Anti-Crime Policies Have Contributed to the Authoritarian Drift in Central America José Miguel Cruz, Florida International University

Lunch 12:00 - 1:00pm Democracy in crises, what has changed if anything? 1:15 - 3:15 pm

Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy Laura Gamboa, University of Utah
Parallel Universes, Time Compression, and the Crisis of Democratic Representation in Contemporary Latin America Juan Pablo Luna, Universidad Católica de Chile
On Backsliding: democratic consolidation, progress and civilization as internal goals of the Latin American state Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Haverford College

Global perspectives, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

Populism and Democracy in Africa: Recent Developments and Future Prospects Miles Larmer, University of Florida (Center for African Studies)
The Battle to Preserve Academic Freedom in Florida and the Nation Sharon Austin, University of Florida (African American Studies)
Populism and Illiberalism in Central Europe Lenka Buštíková, University of Florida (Center for European Studies)
Still the age of populism? Michael Bernhard, University of Florida (Department of Political Science) and Carlos de la Torre, University of Florida (Center for Latin American Studies)

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