Democratization Theory Research Cluster Workshop
For more information about this workshop of the Kellogg Research Cluster on Democratization Theory, contact Benjamin Garcia Holgado at bgarciah@nd.edu.
Schedule
09:00 Samuel Valenzuela
09:30 Gary Goertz, “Three Schools of Conceptualization and Measurement: Philosophy, Latent Variable, and Economics”
10:00 Discussion with Andreas Schedler
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Diana Kapiszewski, “The Inclusionary Turn in Latin America”
11:15 Dianne Pinderhughes, “The 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Legislation: Racial Dynamics in the American Context”
11:45 Discussion with Victoria Paniagua
12:15 Break
14:30 Benjamín García Holgado, “Cleaving Political Coalitions: Radicalization of Preferences and the Collapse of Authoritarian Regimes”
15:00 Jeremy Graham and Laurie Nathan, "The Effect of Regional Norms or How Coups End"
15:30 Discussion with Dan Slater
16:00 Coffee break
16:15 Michael Coppedge, “International Influences on Democratization”
16:45 Discussion with Luis Schenoni
17:00 Final comments: Diana Kapiszewski, Dan Slater
J. Samuel Valenzuela
J. Samuel Valenzuela is Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Valenzuela's publications have focused on the origins and development of electoral processes, on labor movements and politics, on oppositions under authoritarian regimes, on democratic transitions and consolidation, on political parties, on problems and theories of development, and on comparative methodology...
Gary Goertz
Gary Goertz is a professor of political science and peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he is also a Kellogg Institute for International Studies faculty fellow. He has published 10 books and more than 50 articles and chapters on international conflict, conflict management, and peace, international and regional institutions, and methodology...
Andreas Schedler
Andreas Schedler is professor of political science at the Center for Economic Teaching and Research (CIDE) in Mexico City. His research interests include the subversion of democracy by illiberal governments, the dynamics of democratic trust, and authoritarianism and democratization from a comparative perspective. Schedler has written numerous journal articles...
Dianne M. Pinderhughes
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Dianne M. Pinderhughes is Notre Dame Presidential Faculty Fellow, and the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, CSC, Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science...
Michael Coppedge
Michael Coppedge is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a faculty fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. His research interests include democratization and the quality of democracy; Latin American parties and party systems; Venezuelan politics; and comparative politics methodology. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 1995...
Victoria Paniagua
This profile was current as of 2019, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Victoria Paniagua is a 2018-2019 Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow whose research lies at the intersection of comparative and international political economy. Her research investigates the historical and contemporary drivers of development and redistribution in developing countries with a regional focus on Latin America...
Benjamin Garcia Holgado
This profile was current as of May 2023, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, a PhD Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Graduate Associate in Learning Research at the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence. I am also honored to be the recipient of a Notre Dame Presidential Fellowship...
Dan Slater
Dan Slater is the James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science and the director for the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (WCED) at the University of Michigan. He specializes in the politics and history of dictatorship and democracy, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia...
Luis Leandro Schenoni
Luis Schenoni is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Konstanz University and Affiliated Professor at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico. A former Kellogg doctoral student affiliate, Luis works on state building and international conflict, with a focus on Latin America...