On August 4th, I participated in a round panel on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across Latin America, alongside Eduardo Engel (Espacio Publico and University of Chile), and Kenneth Frankel (Canadian Council for the Americas), hosted by Desmond Arias, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College.
Author: Jorge Antonio Alves
Sou cientista político e professor da Queens College, CUNY.
I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Queens College, CUNY.
On Nov. 14, 2019, I was a guest on WNYC’s The Takeaway with Tanzina Vega (along with Greg Grandin) for a conversation about the turmoil in Bolivia.
I participated in the roundtable on Brazilian democracy under Bolsonaro hosted by the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, along Bob Kaufman, Roberto Simon, and Paulo Vieira da Cunha. Sep. 16, 2019
I participated on the roundtable Democracy & Reform in Brazil hosted by the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, along David Fleischer, Tony Spanakos and Mauricio Font. May 29, 2019
Novo artigo sobre a desigualdade em provisão de atenção básica a saúde entre as capitais e os outros municípios nos estados saiu no Latin American Politics and Society. Clique aqui para o artigo em formato pdf ou entre em contato para uma cópia.
New article on local level inequalities in primary care provision between Brazilian capital and non-capital municipalities is out in Latin American Politics & Society. Click here for the pdf or contact me for a copy.
Full citation:
Alves, Jorge Antonio and Christopher J. Gibson. “States and Capitals in the Brazilian Public Health Sector: Drivers of Service Performance in Multi-Level Federal Governance.” Latin American Politics and Society, 61(1): 54-77. doi:10.1017/lap.2018.59
I presented on Regional Differences on Brazil’s 2018 Elections during the colloquium Brazil at a Turning Point: The October 2018 Elections hosted by the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, along David Fleischer and Viviane Luporini. November 9, 2018.
I wrote a short “explainer” piece on the Brazilian 2018 general election for the Washington Post – Monkey Cage.
Click the link for the full piece: “Brazilian voters wanted change — and they got it. Now what happens?” The Washington Post – Monkey Cage. October 10, 2018.
Novo artigo sobre sobre as estratégias usadas pelo PT na conquista eleitoral do nordeste saiu na nova edição na revista Journal of Politics in Latin America.Clique aqui para o artigo em formato pdf. (acesso livre).
New article on how the PT used pre-existing strategies to take over the Northeast region of Brazil is out in the most recent issue of Journal of Politics in Latin America. Click here for the pdf (open access).
Full citation:
Alves, Jorge Antonio. 2018. “Transformation or Substitution? The Workers’ Party and the Right in Brazil’s Northeast.” Journal of Politics in Latin America, 10(1): 99-132.
I presented on the patterns of voting in the Northeast during the Brazil at a New Crossroads: Political Outlook before the 2018 Elections event hosted by the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, along David Fleischer and Viviane Luporini. April 18, 2018.
Novo artigo (co-autoria com Wendy Hunter) sobre sobre as estratégias usadas pelo PT na conquista eleitoral da Bahia saiu na nova edição na revista Comparative Politics.Clique aqui para o artigo em formato pdf. (paywall) ou entre em contato para uma cópia.
New article (co-authored with Wendy Hunter) on how the PT used pre-existing strategies to take over the state of Bahia is out in the most recent issue of Comparative Politics. Click here for the pdf (paywall) or contact me for a copy.
Full citation:
Alves, Jorge Antonio and Wendy Hunter. 2017. “From Right to Left in Brazil’s Northeast: Transformation, or “Politics as Usual”?” Comparative Politics, 49(4): 437-455.
Jorge Antonio Alves 