522 Latin America: Modernizations and Modernities in Global Contexts – Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

Friday, August 3, 2012: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
OB 31 (Faculty of Economics)

WG02 Historical and Comparative Sociology (host committee)

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Session Organizers:
Manuela BOATCA, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and Willfried SPOHN, University of Göttingen/University of Wroclaw, Germany
Assessing three visions of democracy in Latin America: Civil society and political institutions in historical perspective
Maria Esperanza CASULLO, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Patricio KORZENIEWICZ, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Un acercamiento crítico a los significados de los conceptos de nación y desarrollo en los años '60
Florencia LEDERMAN, Instituto de Estudios de América Latina y el Caribe, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Consistent modernization yet persistent inequality: Elite's reactions to poverty in Brazil, Uruguay and India
Matias LOPEZ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil; Diogo LYRA, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil; Marco NATALINO, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil; Amrita LAMBA, University of London, England