Political Reactions to Changing Societies in Latin America: A Lecture by Maria Victoria Murillo (04.10.23) | Latin American Studies

Political Reactions to Changing Societies in Latin America: A Lecture by Maria Victoria Murillo (04.10.23)

Join us for our first annual Crossroads in Latin American Studies lecture by Maria Victoria Murillo: Political Reactions to Changing Societies in Latin America.

Monday, April 10, 2023 • 5 PM

Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering • 610 Commonwealth Avenue • Boston, MA

Maria Victoria Murillo is Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs and Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. She is the author of Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America, which was translated as Sindicatos, Coaliciones Partidarias y Reformas de Mercado en América Latina by Siglo XXI Editores and Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policymaking in the Reform of Latin American Public Utilities.

Murillo’s research on distributive politics in Latin America has covered labor politics and labor regulations, public utility reform, education reform, agricultural policies, and economic policy more generally. Her recent work focuses on electoral behavior, contentious dynamics, and the analysis of institutional weakness.

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