CEM promoted an international event about inequalities in metropolitan contexts between  March 25th to 26th,  2010

The Metropolises and Inequalities seminar discussed issues such as the labor market, public policies, electoral behavior, affirmative actions and forms of sociability in the metropolis. In addition to researchers from CEM, attended at it social scientists from Princeton and Brown, from Universities of Edinburgh, Warwick and Southern California.

The seminar sessions took place at the headquarters of CEM in Vila Mariana, with presentations and discussions in English.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

METROPOLIS AND INEQUALITIES 25th to 26th, March 2010

• March, 25th

- 10:00-10:15: Opening session

Marta Arretche (CEM Director)

Nadya Araujo Guimarães (INCT Director)

Paula Montero (CEBRAP President)

- 10:15 am-12:00: Session 1: Jobs in metropolitan regions

Chair: Marta Arretche (CEM)

Alvaro Comin (USP/CEM): City and economy: changes in Sao Paulo metropolitan context

Nadya Araújo Guimarães (USP/CEM): Access to Jobs: Metropolitan Dynamics

Kate Purcell (University of Warwick): Flexible employment, student labour and the changing structure of the UK labour market in university cities

- 12:00-1:30 pm: Lunch time

- 1:30 pm-3:30 pm: Session 2: Public Policies in metropolitan regions

Chair: Argelina Figueiredo (IUPERJ/CEM)

Vera Schattan P. Coelho (CEM), Alexandre Ferraz (CEM), Fabiola Fanti (CEM): Fighting inequalities in the access to health services: A study of the role of decentralization and participation

Jefferey Sellers (USC): Place, Inequality and Metropolitan Governance: A Framework for Comparative Analysis

Marta Arretche (USP/CEM): Territorial Justice and Governance: Inequality in Brazilian Metropolitan Regions

- 3:30 pm-4 pm: Coffee break

- 4 pm-6 pm: Session 3: Poverty, region, and voting behavior

Chair: Eduardo Marques (CEM/USP)

César Zucco (Princeton University): Cash transfers and voting behavior: Poorest voters vs poorest places

Charlie Jeffery (University of Edinburgh): Why do voters vote differently in regional as compared to national elections? Evaluating competing explanations

• March 26th:

- 10:00 am-12:00: Session 4: Race, inequality, and Social inclusion

Chair: Nadya Araujo Guimarães (CEM/USP)

Antonio Sergio Guimarães (USP/CEM): Social inclusion in Brazilian universities

Marcia Lima (USP/CMS): "Race" and Class Dynamics in Metropolitan Contexts

Edward Telles (Princeton University): New Findings on Race and Ethnicity in Latin America

- 12:00-1:30 pm: Lunch time

- 1:30 pm-3:30 pm: Session 5: State, social ties, and public policies

Chair: Celi Scalon (UFRJ)

Adrian Gurza Lavalle (USP/CEM) e Natália Salgado Bueno (CEM): Political institutions and civil society organizations in two Latin American metropolis

Eduardo Marques (USP/CEM): Social networks, poverty and neighborhoods in two Brazilian cities

Patrick Heller (Brown University): Democratic Deepening in Brazil, India and South África: Towards a comparative framework

- 3:30 pm-4:00 pm: Coffee break

- 4:00 pm-5:30 pm: Conclusion session

- 6:00 pm: Happy hour (at CEBRAP)

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