Cambio Constitucional y Demandas Sociales: Se Puede Cerrar la Brecha? / Constitutional Change and Social Demands: Can the Gap be Closed?

Timezone: EST

Language: This event will be in Spanish with simultaneous English translation.

The extraordinary protests of 2019 revealed to the world a massive gap between the output of Chile’s democratic system and the demands of ordinarily Chileans. Even though many international observers viewed Chile as a political and economic model, public dissatisfaction with the functioning of both the political and the economic system is extraordinarily high. The current constitution-writing process is widely viewed as a mean to address the soaring social demands that have shaken the Chilean political system. But can it? Can institutional reform–redesigning the political rules of the game—help to restore public trust in a context of intense social and economic demands?

SPEAKERS:

• Dan Brinks, Professor of Government and Law, Chair of the Department of Government, University of Texas-Austin
• Rossana Castiglioni, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and History, Universidad Diego Portales
• Yanira Zúñiga, Professor, Institute of Public Law, Universidad Austral de Chile
• Marisol Peña, Professor, Department of Public Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica

MODERATED BY:

• Sebastián Soto, Professor, Department of Public Law; Director of the Department of Public Law, Universidad Católica Law School; DRCLAS Luksic Visiting Scholar, 2013-14

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Organized By: HARVARD DRCLAS