Alejandro Avenburg Selected to Present at the 2012 Midwest Political Science Association Conference

Alejandro Avenburg, a 2011 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been selected to present his paper, “Corruption, Accountability, and Citizen Participation in Protests in Latin America,” at the 2012 Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago next April. Avenburg’s paper is based on research he did when he was a Summer Fellow at the Pardee Center.

In his paper, Avenburg uses survey data to analyze the relationship between citizen perceptions and experiences with corruption and their likelihood of participating in protests. He argues that when citizens perceive or experience high levels of corruption in government, they are more likely to join in public protests.

To read about the Pardee Center Summer Fellows program click here.