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Contesting Autocracy: Lessons from Democratic Social Movements in Portugal, Italy, and Chile

March 6, 2023

4:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Autocracy has been on the rise in global political affairs over the past decade, becoming a focal point of academic and public debate. Less attention has been focused, however, on the rise of social protest movements that contest authoritarian regimes in a large number of countries. This panel seeks to draw lessons from previous democratic social movements in Portugal, Italy, and Chile to analyze what role they play in opening up autocratic regimes and paving the way for democratic transitions.

Panelists
Tiago Carvalho, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa and Co-Chair of the Social Movements Research Network of the Council of European Studies
Sidney Tarrow, Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government, Cornell University
Ken Roberts, Richard J. Schwartz Professor Government, Cornell University

Moderator
Prof. Rachel Beatty Riedl, Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies, and Professor of Government at Cornell University

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Hosted by the Institute for European Studies in collaboration with the Einaudi Center’s Democratic Threats and Resilience global research priority, this event is cosponsored by the center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and by the department of Government.

Additional Information

Program

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Institute for European Studies

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies