After sixteen years of stable democratic governance and eight years of federal rule by the progressive Workers’ Party, Brazil seems about to take up a new role as a regional leader and an emerging global power. But has this new Brazil really begun to effectively address the many problems the country has been facing over the past half century? In consideration of the presidential election this year, this one day international conference Brazil under Lula: a Country in Transformation aims to review and discuss from a scholarly perspective the public policies of the past eight years in the context of a broader process of transformations in Brazil and in the world.
Topics
Economic development
Poverty alleviation
Social policies
Energy, sustainability, and environmental policies
Rural transformation and land reform
Urban issues and policies
Violence and insecurity
Politics and democracy
International relations
Speakers
Hélio Henkin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Marcelo Néri, Instituto Brasileiro de Economia, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Antonio Marcio Buainain, Department of Economy at UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
Nabil Bonduki, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Paulo Visentini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Timothy Power, The Latin American Centre, St Cross College, Oxford University, UK
Fábio de Castro, CEDLA, Amsterdam
Marianne L. Wiesebron, Department of Latin American Studies, Universiteit Leiden
Kees Koonings, Department of Anthropology, Universiteit Utrecht
Alle lezingen worden gegeven in de taal van de titel, toegang is gratis en er is geen noodzaak u vantevoren op te geven, wij verzoeken u wel vriendelijk op tijd aanwezig te zijn.
All lectures will be given in the language of the title, admission is free and there is no need to register; however you are kindly requested to be on time.
Todas las conferencias y debates serán en la lengua de su título y abstract. La entrada es libre para todas las personas interesadas. Se agradacederá la puntualidad de los asistentes.
