Seminars and Symposia
Paper Guidelines | Program | Registration
Accommodations | Event Photos
November 9-10, 2009
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th Street)
New York, NY 10016
PROGRAM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9
8:45 A.M. Registration and Breakfast, Skylight Room
9:15 A.M. Opening Remarks, Room 9204-9205
9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Room 9204-9205
Session I New Perspectives on the State
Moderator: Ken Erickson, The Graduate Center
& Hunter College, City University of New York
Legacy of the Vargas Era
Mauricio Font, The Graduate Center, CUNY
& Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Beyond Market Fundamentalism and the Old Developmental State
Glauco Arbix, University of São Paulo (USP)
Scott B. Martin, Columbia University
State Developmentalism in Brazil: Continuities and Uncertainties
Renato Boschi, IUPERJ
11:10 A.M.-12:40 P.M. Room 9204-9205
Session II State Reform and Political Economy I
Moderator: Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Tandem Global Partners
Brazil and the Transatlantic Community in the Wake of the Global Crisis
Thomas Trebat, Columbia University
Brazil’s Regional Integration Strategy: The Political Uses of Energy Policy
Christine Gustafson, Saint Anselm College and Leslie Elliott Armijo, University of California, Berkeley
Dirigisme and Quase-Liberalism:
The Politics of State Reform in Brazil - From Vargas to FHC
João Paulo Peixoto, University of Brasília (UnB)
12:45 – 1:45 P.M. LUNCH Skylight Room
1:50 -3:20 P.M. Room 9204-9205
Session III Political Reform and Civil Society
Moderator: Mauricio Font, The Graduate Center
& Bildner Center, City University of New York
Political Reform: A Never-Ending Story
David Fleischer, University of Brasília (UnB)
Bureaucrats, Parties and Interest Groups:
The Debate About Politics and Bureaucracy in Brazil
Ana Cristina Braga Martes and Maria Rita Loureiro, Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Cecilia Olivieri, University of São Paulo
Brazilian Feminism and the State in Regards to Gender Equality in 21st Century
Lia Zanotta Machado, University of Brasilia (UnB) and Columbia Unviversity
3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Room 9204-9205
Session IV Cities and Public Security
Moderator: TBA
Public Safety and the Contemporary Brazilian State
Desmond Arias, John Jay College & The Graduate Center, CUNY
Trends in Violent Crime in Brazilian States: Policy Differences vs. Cyclical Trends
Ted Goertzel, Rutgers University
Participatory Budgeting and Local Solidarity Governance: Perverse or Constructive Confluence?
J. Ricardo Tranjan, University of Waterloo
5:10 – 6:15 P.M. Reception, Skylight Room
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
8:30 A.M. Registration and Breakfast, Skylight Room
9:00-10:30 A.M. Room 9204-9205
Session V Political Economy and Financial Market
Moderator: Kathleen Waldron, Baruch College and The Graduate Center
Financial Crisis and Beyond: Brazilian Responses and Prospects
Eiiti Sato, University of Brasília (UnB)
Financialization, Crisis and a ‘New’ Mania in Brazil
Elaine da Silveira Leite, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
Political Economy of Brazilian Federal Government Banks
Kurt Von Mettenheim, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)
Regulatory Reform and Compliance: The Brazilian Anti-Money Laundering Regime
Monica Arruda de Almeida, Georgetown University
10:40 A.M. -12:10 P.M. Room 9204-9205
Session VI State and Culture
Moderator: Amy Chazkel, Queens College, CUNY
The Rise of Culture as State Policy
John Collins, Queens College, CUNY
Black Flags, White Skulls: The Security Turn and the limits
of the Lula Administration Racial Equality Program
Denise Ferreira da Silva, University of California San Diego
Lula and the New Cultural Diplomacy of Brazil
Tanisha Tingle-Smith, Independent Policy Analyst
12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Lunch, Skylight Room
1:20 – 2:30 P.M. Skylight Room, Closing Panel and Organizational Meeting
The Brazilian State in a Latin American Perspective: The New Agenda
Mauricio Font, The Graduate Center
Fernando Coronil, The Graduate Center
Desmond Arias, John Jay College and The Graduate Center
Renato Boschi, IUPERJ
David Fleischer, University of Brasilia (UnB)
And Others
For comments and inquiries please contact us at bildner@gc.cuny.edu.
