2001 Events

International Symposium: Brazil Project

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)

• 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

Moderator:

Mauricio Font, Bildner Center

Session II - Actors and Interest Intermediation
May 18, 2001, Room 9204

8:30-9:00 A.M. Registration
9:00-11:30

• 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
  

Moderator:

• Anthony Spanakos, Manhattanville College

11:45-12:45 Lunch

Session III - Social Development
1:00-3:00 P.M., Room 9204

• 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

Moderator:

• Roberto Kaufman, Rutgers 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)

 

When: May 17-19, 2001
Where: See sessions for location within The Graduate Center
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(Across from the Empire State Building)

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