Old and New Challenges to Mexican Democracy

9 am - 10:30 am

Violence and the Drug War

Omar Garcia-Ponce, George Washington University: “Violence and Retribution in Mexico’s Drug War”

Guillermo Trejo, Notre Dame University: “The Political Drivers of Criminal Violence in Mexico: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions”

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Resistance to Criminal Violence: Institutions and Legacies

Sandra Ley, CIDE: “Criminal Violence and Indigenous Resistance: Why Ethnic Autonomy Institutions Deter Drug Violence in Mexico”

Livia Schubiger, Duke University: “Legacies of Resistance: Mobilization Against Organized Crime in Mexico”

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Organization of Crime and Policing

Rodrigo Canales, Yale University: “Building effective, resilient, and trusted police organizations in Mexico”

Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Stanford University: TBA

Social Movements, Dissent, and Collective Action

Maria Inclan, CIDE: “What moves Students to the Streets? Ritual versus Reactive Demonstrations in Mexico City”

Mariano Sanchez, CIDE: “Social Dissent, Coercive Capacity, and Redistribution: Evidence from Authoritarian Mexico”

Emily Sellars, Yale University, “Emigration, Collective Action, and Agrarian Reform in Mexico”

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm