Democratic Governance in Latin America

Preliminary Conference Schedule

All sessions will be held in C103 Hesburgh Center unless otherwise noted

Friday, October 7

8:30 a.m - Continental breakfast in the Hesburgh Center Great Hall

8:55 a.m - Welcome
Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
Scott P. Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame

9:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.
Economic Growth in Latin America: From the Failure of the 20th Century to the Hopes of the 21st
Paper by José de Gregorio, Banco Central de Chile

Does One Size Fit All in Policy Reform: Lessons from Latin America and the World
Paper by Francisco Rodríguez, Wesleyan University

Discussant: Jaime Ros, University of Notre Dame

(10 minute break around 10:30)

12:15 p.m. - Lunch at the Morris Inn (Conference Registrants only)

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Successful Social Policy Regimes? Political Economy, Politics, and the Structure of Social Policy in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Costa Rica
Paper by Evelyne Huber, University of North Carolina and John Stephens, University of North Carolina

Discussant: Wendy Hunter

Unpacking the Concept of Social Service Reforms
Paper by Joan Nelson, Woodrow Wilson Center
Discussants: Wendy Hunter, University of Texas, Austin and Eugenio Tironi, Tironi & Asociados

(10 minute break around 3:30)

4:45 p.m. - Keynote address by José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Hesburgh Center Auditorium

7:00 p.m. - Dinner at the Warren Golf Course Clubhouse (by invitation only)

Saturday, October 8

8:30 a.m - Continental breakfast in the Hesburgh Center Great Hall

9:00 a.m to 12:00 a.m.
Limits to Costa Rican Heterodoxy: What Has Changed in the Switzerland of Central America?
Paper by Mitchell Seligson, Vanderbilt University and Juliana Martínez, Universidad de Costa Rica

Democratic Governability in Chile
Paper by Alan Angell, St Antony’s College
Discussants: J. Samuel Valenzuela, University of Notre Dame and Constantino Urcuyo, Universidad de Costa Rica

12:15 p.m. - Lunch at the Morris Inn (Conference Registrants only)

1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Rule of Law as a Governance Issue: Lessons from the Prosecution of Rights Violations
Paper by Dan Brinks, University of Texas, Austin
Discussants: Miriam Kornblith, Institute of Political Studies at the Central University of Venezuela and Jorge Vargas Cullell