Young Professionals: "The Donroe Doctrine: Will Regime Change Lead to Democracy?"

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Join the Los Angeles World Affairs Council Young Professionals & the UCLA Burkle Center on International Relations on February 24th at 6:30 pm for a discussion on Latin America titled, "The Donroe Doctrine: Will Regime Change Lead to Democracy?". 

Exploring political change, governance, and regional dynamics, with a focus on cases such as Venezuela & El Salvador, 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 on 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.

Speakers: 

Margaret Peters is a Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Political Science at UCLA and a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is an expert on comparative migration policy. 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.  She is now working on projects on the decision-making processes of forced migrants, the reintegration of deported migrants in Haiti, and how emigration affects authoritarian leaders. She received her PhD from Stanford University and her BA from the University of Michigan.  

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.