Seminars and Symposia
The
Graduate Center
City University of New York
Bildner
Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Colloquium
Brazil
Futures:
Past and Present
April 7, 2006
9 A.M. – 6 P.M.
This colloquium explores how Brazilians have attempted to grow and
develop in ways that meet the needs of its population, the extent to
which such efforts have succeeded, and the obstacles that impede faster
progress. Participants examine contemporary reform efforts and seek
to identify the steps necessary to accelerate the pace of social development.
The one-day gathering probes economic, political, social, and cultural
factors. How close is Brazil to shaking its “land of the future”
syndrome? How consolidated and functional is Brazilian democracy? How
is Brazil responding to the challenges of globalization? How is the
country addressing its equity gaps? What is the country’s reform
agenda to reach its potential?
Participants in four panels will address these and related questions.
Panels:
(1) Brazil Futures in Historical Perspective
(2) Reform Agenda: Social Policy
(3) New Democracy after 1985: Players, Policy, and Prospects
(4) Reform Agenda: The FHC and Lula Years
Participants: Jordan Young, Albert Fishlow, Ronald
Schneider, Renato Boschi, Joao Paulo Peixoto, Thomas Trebat, Jose Antonio
Cheibub, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira, John Guidry, Jeffrey Rubin, James
Macinko, Ted Goertzel, Claudio Goncalvez Couto, Maxine Margolis, Laura
Randall, Kenneth Erickson, Amy Chazkel, Desmond Arias, John Collins,
Jack Hammond, Michael Turner, Mauricio Font.
Attendee must pre-register using the downloadable registration form.
Send inquires to: brazilproject@gc.cuny.edu.
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