International Symposium: Brazil Project

May 17-19, 2001
See sessions for location
Graduate School and University Center
365 5th Ave.

Building on the success of the Real Plan, the presidency of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1994-2002) has sought to deepen and broaden the process of liberalizing the economy, reforming the state and political system, and changing Brazil's international role. In May 17-18, 2001, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies (The Graduate Center, City University of New York) will host a one-day seminar to begin an assessment of the key reforms proposed and/or implemented by the Cardoso governments. Panels focus on economic reforms (trade liberalization, market reforms, agrarian reform, and development model), political reforms and reform of the state (issues of federalism, strengthening political parties, fiscal adjustment) and on Brazil's response to globalization and the efforts to redefine its role in the Americas and the world scene (US-Brazilian relations, Brazil-Mercosul relations).

Session I - Reforming the State
May 17, 2001
3:00-5:30
Room C-204 and 205 (Concourse Level)
Moderator: Mauricio Font, Bildner Center
Political Reform in Brazil
David Fleischer, UnB
Privatization and Regulatory Regimes
Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida, USP
Economic Performance under Presidential Regimes
José Antonio Cheibub, Yale University

Session II - Actors and Interest Intermediation
May 18, 2001
8:30-9:00 A.M. Registration
9:00-11:30
Room 9204
Moderator: Anthony Spanakos, Manhattanville College
Competitive Federalism and Distributive Conflict in Democratic Brazil
Alfred Montero, Carleton College
Between Interest Association and Social Movement: Brazil's Pensamento Nacional das Bases Empresariais
Eduardo Gomes, UFF
Reinventing Business: Commercial Liberalization and the Response of Industrialists in Brazil
Peter Kingstone, University of Connecticut
The Death of Corporatism
Ken Erickson, Hunter College
11:45-12:45 Lunch

Session III - Social Development
1:00-3:00 P.M.
Room 9204
Moderator: Roberto Kaufman, Rutgers University
The New Labor Movement and Civil Society
Salvador Sandoval, Harvard University
Economic Reform and Social Policy
Sônia M. Draibe, Unicamp
Land Reform in Brazil, 1995-2001
Tony Pereira, Tulane University

Session IV - Economic Liberalization and Global Role
3:45-5:45 P.M.
Room 9204
Fiscal and Monetary Reforms in the 1990s
Eliana Cardoso, Consultant
The Free Trade Area of the Americas, Mercosur and Brazilian Foreign Policy
Tullo Vigevani, UNESP, CEDEC
Brazil and ALCA: Who gets What? When? And How?
João Paulo Machado Peixoto, UnB

Working Group
Saturday, May 19, 2001
10:00-12:00 P.M.
(By invitation)

To reserve, send email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu or leave message at (212) 817-2096