Law and Politics in Contemporary Latin America

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This panel brings together four empirical studies of pressing policy issues in contemporary Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. The authors consider the unexpected politics of international sanctions (on Venezuela), criminal justice reform (in Colombia), self-reported crime victimization (in Mexico), and the centralized collection of local-government data on social welfare programs (in Colombia). All four papers take issue with the conventional wisdom on these topics, highlighting previously neglected dynamics with significant implications for theory and policy.

Sub Unit

• Division 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• Why Sanctions Backfire - Nicolas Idrobo, University of Pennsylvania

• The Organizational Dynamics of State Data Production - Tara L Slough, New York University

• The Political Consequences of Criminal Victimization Revisited - Carolina Torreblanca, University of Pennsylvania

• De-policing and Crime: Evidence from Colombia - Dorothy Kronick, University of California, Berkeley; Nicolas Idrobo, University of Pennsylvania

Chair

• Tulia G. Falleti University of Pennsylvania

Discussants

• Beatriz Magaloni Stanford University

• Rocio Titiunik Princeton University