Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (via Zoom)

Date: 

Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Online Only

"Populist Coalitions in Latin America"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speaker: 

Rodrigo Barrenechea, Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020), Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Discussants:

Thea Riofrancos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Providence College.

Aaron Watanabe, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

Remote Access Information:

https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-A3OpVdDTDeoa5qHAkSpsA

Please note: This event requires registration in advance in order to receive the meeting link and password.

Abstract:

This talk evaluates the aftermath of populism in Ecuador, Venezuela, and Bolivia. Unlike Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia have shown signs of societal polarization, with social class cleavages manifesting themselves in mobilization for and against populist parties and their legacies. How are these differences explained? I will argue that these parties' different trajectories of support accumulation while in power account for these outcomes.