Development Seminar

Lucio Renno

On 

"The New Middle Class and Politics: Values, Attitudes and Opinions"

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

4:00- 6:00 pm

Munk School of Global Affairs, Rm 108N

1 Devonshire Place,

Toronto, ONT

M5S 3K7

The presentation analyzes how the interface between social stratification and mobility impacts citizens’ perspectives on politics in the Americas, with a special focus on Brazil. More specifically, we will explore how individuals who have undergone processes of upward social mobility in the past years and now classify themselves as middle class think about politics, what are their basic views on system support, their evaluations of the government and representatives, tolerance towards other social groups and their voting behavior patterns. The study is uses public opinion surveys of the Americas Barometer (AB) series and will study Brazil in comparison with other countries in the region.

Lucio Renno is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Brasília, and was Director of the Research Center and Graduate Program on the Americas, at the same university. He has written more than forty articles and twenty-five book chapters. His latest co-authored book is titledLegitimidade e Qualidade da Democracia no Brasil: Uma Visão da Cidadania. (São Paulo, Intermeios, 2011

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