Brazilian Elites and Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Thursday December 14 at 3:00 PM
Location: President's Conference Room
The Graduate School and University Center
365 5th Ave.

Elisa P. Reis
Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Elisa P. Reis is professor of Sociology and Political Science at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences (IFCS) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Dr. Reis is a visiting scholar at Columbia University. She is studying elite perceptions of social inequality in Brazil, the Philippines, South Africa, and other countries. She has written extensively on this topic, including: "Elites'Perception of Poverty: An International Research Project" (CROP Newsletter, October, 1999), "As Ciências Sociais e o Bug do Milênio" (Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais, 1999), and "Elite Perceptions of Poverty: Brazil" (IDS Bulletin, April, 1999). Prof. Reis is a Member of the Advisory Council of CROP (Comparative Research on Poverty), a research network of the International Social Sciences Council, and has served as advisor for the Social Sciences at the Research Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ).
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