Roundtable: How people keep democracy alive in Latin America

Part of the 2025-2026 series ‘How can we respond to this systemic crisis?’. A series of master classes, seminars, workshops and talks with Professor Laura Rival, research collaborators and colleagues.

Michaelmas Term series titled: ‘In Latin America, by greening the state at the top and from below’.

Chaired by: Andrès Gonzales Dinamarca (DPhil candidate, ISCA, University of Oxford).
With the participation of: Gwen Burnyeat (Edinburgh), Felipe Krause (Oxford), Maxine Molyneux (UCL), Patricia Oliart (Newcastle), and Gregory Thaler (Oxford)

Few topics have defined Latin America as a region more than democracy. The roundtable will discuss the ways in which political theorists, social scientists, intellectuals and activists assess Latin America’s democratic vision. What difference do deliberative and participatory processes make to the quality of democracy in the region?

Followed by refreshments.