Book Presentation: La Democracia en América Latina
Professor Peter Smith is a Political Science Professor and the Simón Bolívar Professor of
Latin American Studies. Smith specializes in comparative politics, Latin American politics, and U.S.-Latin American relations. His major publications include Politics and Beef in Argentina: Patterns of Conflict and Change (1969), Argentina and the Failure of Democracy: Conflict among Political Elites, 19041955 (1974), Labyrinths of Power: Political Recruitment in Twentieth-Century Mexico (1979), and Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of U.S.-Latin American Relations (1996; 2nd edition, 2000). He is co-author of Modern Latin America (1984), now in its sixth edition (2004) and a selection of the History Book Club. Smith has served as president of the Latin American Studies Association and has been a consultant to the Ford Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and other institutions. At UCSD, Smith served as director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (1989-2001) and director of Latin American Studies (1994-2001). He is also the moderator of "HemiScope," a UCSD-TV news program about current events in Latin America that is broadcast via cable and satellite throughout the United States.
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Deutz Room, Copley International Conference Center, Institute of the Americas Complex, UCSD campus
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