Conferences/Workshops
Workshop: Coup Politics and Civil-Military Relations
Mon
Apr
29
Militaries have played a central political role in Venezuela, Brazil, and other Latin American countries in recent years, putting the region’s armed forces back in the spotlight after periods of democratic transition.
Are we now seeing a return to “coup politics”? What is the role of the military in contemporary democratic regimes? This workshop sponsored by the Kellogg Institute's Research Cluster on Democratization Theory will explore the historical and contemporary relationship between civilians and militaries in Latin America from a comparative perspective.
Agenda
2:00 - 2:15 pm - Framing Remarks
Presentation of Papers
2:15 - 3:00 pm - Samuel Valenzuela
3:00 - 3:45 pm - Benjamín García Holgado and Natán Skigin
3:45 - 4:30 pm - Jeremy Graham
Discussant: Andreas Schedler
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Speakers / Related People
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...
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...
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...
Jeremy Graham
Jeremy Graham is a PhD candidate in international relations (IR) and comparative politics. He has earned a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (’09) in History and Peace, War, and Defense and B.S. from Oregon State University (’15) in Economics. He is currently a fellow of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)...