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Brazil's Urban Development Paths: Medium-Size City Growth and Popular Participation in Politics

Decorre dia 5 de Setembro às 14h30m na Sala de Aulas 2 do ICS o Seminário organizado por Ana Maria Evans (ICS-UL) com o tema: Brazil's Urban Development Paths: Medium-Size City Growth and Popular Participation in Politics por Ivani Vassoler-Froelich da State University of New York (SUNY).

Edital - Bolsa de Investigação N.º 16/2011

Aceitam-se candidaturas a uma Bolsa de Investigação (BI), a atribuir no âmbito do projecto  O bacalhau e a Nação: Processos de reprodução das identificações nacionais nas acções das academias de bacalhau em Portugal e na diáspora portuguesa (Referência PTDC/CS-ANT/115978/2009), financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) e em curso no Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, sob a coordenação do

Inflated Expectations: The Political Economy of Social Spending in Latin America

Nota biográfica: David's PhD (DCU), which focused on the relationship between political institutions and partisanship in Latin America, was completed in 2009. David's current work is concerned with explaining the resurgence of left wing politics in Latin America, the impact these parties and politicians have on policy and the variables that shape these governments once in power. His general research interests include Latin American politics, partisan politics, political economy, political institutions, globalization and the Southern Cone.

Rethinking Dimensions of Democracy and their Measurement

Robert M. Fishman, Professor of Sociology and Fellow of the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame and visiting professor of political science at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra is a comparativist who works on democracy and democratic practice, politics and culture, and consequences of inequality.  Prior to moving to the University of Notre Dame, Fishman was Associate Professor of Government and of Social Studies at Harvard University and has also been a visiting professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences of the Juan March Institute (Madrid).