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María Victoria Murillo

María Victoria Murillo is professor of political science and international affairs and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, which has gathered electronic resources to assess the consequences of Covid-19 in the region. Murillo has recently published Non-Policy Politics: Richer Voter, Poorer Voter and the Diversification of Parties Electoral Strategies with Ernesto Calvo and Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions with Daniel Brinks and Steven Levitsky, with whom she co-edited The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America—all with Cambridge University Press in 2019. She works on political economy, electoral behavior, public policy, and institutional weakness in Latin America.

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Elections and Protests in Latin America: Covid-19’s Impact

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María Victoria Murillo outlines some of the immediate consequences of Covid-19 for democratic governance in Latin America for our “Covid-19 and the Social Sciences” series. Comparing cases across the region, she notes that the pandemic has weakened two crucial mechanisms for democratic accountability—elections and protests—across contexts, while at the same time strengthening strongman executives and increasing intragovernmental tensions. Murillo argues that the region needs creative new policies to reopen avenues for political accountability that might strengthen democratic governance.

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May 28, 2020
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