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Topic:Democratic Governance
The Program’s work on democratic governance focuses on questions of democratic quality. Current research seeks to explain the rise of leftist and populist governments in Latin America and to explore the impact of specific public policies to reduce poverty and inequality and enhance citizen participation and human rights. The project builds on three decades of prior work on democratic governance at the Wilson Center, including path-breaking studies of the breakdown of democratic regimes, transitions from authoritarianism, challenges to the consolidation of democratic rule, decentralization, citizenship, and the relationship between democratization and internal armed conflict.
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News
Weak Institutions and the Honduran Crisis
Cynthia Arnson, director of the Latin American Program, analyzes the sequence of events that triggered the current political crisis in Honduras, and explains both the immediate and broader context for the military's removal of President Manuel Zelaya from power. She presented these remarks before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on July 10.
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Events
Populism of the 21st Century
Thursday, October 08 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Carlos de la Torre, FLACSO-Ecuador; Cynthia Arnson, Woodrow Wilson Center; Francisco Panizza, London School of Economics; Kenneth Roberts, Cornell University; Enrique Peruzzotti, Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Kurt Weyland, University of Texas, Austin; Diego Abente, National Endowment for Democracy; John Crabtree, Oxford University; Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University; Alexandra Panzarelli, Universidad Central de Venezuela; Julio Carrión, University of Delaware; Leslie Bethell, Oxford University and Woodrow Wilson Center; Ana María Bejarano, University of Toronto; Hector Schamis, Georgetown University; Jorge Lanzaro, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Poverty, Inequality, and the “New Left” in Latin America
Tuesday, July 21 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Nora Lustig, Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University and Nonresident Fellow, Center for Global Development
Santiago Levy, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank
Carolina Sánchez-Páramo, Senior Economist, Poverty and Reduction Group, The World Bank
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Governance in Guatemala
Thursday, June 04 2009, 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Francisco Jiménez, Secretario Técnico, Consejo Nacional de Seguridad
Ana Garita, Chief of Staff, Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG)
Ricardo Stein, Special Advisor to the Regional Coordinator of the United Nations in Guatemala
Sylvia Gereda, Director, El Periódico
Nery Rodenas, Executive Director, Office of Human Rights, Archdiocese of Guatemala
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Corrupt Circles: A History of Unbound Graft in Peru
Thursday, March 19 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Alfonso Quiroz, Baruch College, City University of New York
Michael Johnston, Colgate University
Álvaro Vargas Llosa, Senior Fellow, The Center on Global Prosperity, Independent Institute
Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University
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Elections and Democracy in El Salvador and Nicaragua
Monday, February 09 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Rubén Zamora, former presidential candidate and international democracy consultant
Margarita Escobar, Deputy, National Assembly, and former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador
Edmundo Jarquín, economist and former presidential candidate, Movimiento Renovador Sandinista
Raúl Obregón, Director, M&R Consultores, Managua
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Cynthia Arnson,
Director
Andrew Selee,
Director, Mexico Institute
Paulo Sotero,
Director, Brazil Institute
Robert Donnelly,
Program Associate, Mexico Institute
José Raúl Perales,
Senior Program Associate
Nikki Nichols,
Program Assistant
Kate Putnam,
Program Assistant, Mexico Institute
Adam Stubits,
Program Associate
Leslie Bethell,
Senior Scholar, Brazil Institute
Joan Nelson,
Senior Scholar
Joseph S. Tulchin,
Senior Scholar
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Latin American Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: lap@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4030
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