The Donroe Doctrine: Will Regime Change Lead to Democracy?
A discussion on Latin America, exploring political change, governance, and regional dynamics, with a focus on cases such as Venezuela and El Salvador.
Tuesday, February 24, 20266:30 PM - 8:30 PM (Pacific Time)
Solidarity
1414 Lincoln Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
ABOUT THE EVENT
Join the Los Angeles World Affairs Council Young Professionals & the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations for a discussion on Latin America. The conversation will be guided by USC Professor Dr. Gerardo Munck, a leading scholar on democracy and authoritarianism in conversation with Dr. Margaret Peters, Associate Director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. This event will offer expert insights on political institutions, migration, and state power across the region. This event is a great opportunity to engage in timely policy conversations and connect with professionals who share an interest in Latin American issues and the world.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
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Margaret Peters is Associate Director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Chair of the Global Studies major at UCLA. She is also a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research on the political economy of migration. She is currently working on a book project on how the process of forced displacement affects migrants’ sense of dignity and how these dignity concerns affect decisions of whether to move from the crisis zone, where to move, and when to return. She is additionally writing a book on how dictators use migration, including forced migration, to remain in power. Her award-winning book, Trading Barriers: Immigration and the Remaking of Globalization, argues that the increased ability of firms to produce anywhere in the world combined with growing international competition due to lowered trade barriers has led to greater limits on immigration, as businesses no longer see a need to support open immigration at home.
Gerardo L. Munck is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California (USC). His recent books include Progress in the Social Sciences: Scientific Research and the Quest for Knowledge about Democracy (Cambridge, forthcoming); El pensamiento sociopolítico latinoamericano: Ciencias sociales e intelectuales en tiempos cambiantes (with Martín Tanaka, 2023); Latin American Politics and Society: A Comparative and Historical Analysis (with Juan Pablo Luna; Cambridge, 2022); Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies: Insights and Methods for Comparative Social Science (edited with David Collier; Rowman & Littlefield, 2022); and A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America (with Sebastián Mazzuca, Cambridge, 2020). He has worked in the field of democracy promotion over the past 20 years. He worked on Democracy in Latin America (2004), a report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and is currently working with the UNDP on a new report on democracy and development in Latin America.
Sponsor(s): Los Angeles World Affairs Council Young Professionals