http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/248 Events sponsored by the Center for Global Studies http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/45/15456385 Seminar http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/45/15456385 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CST http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/45/15722074 http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/45/15722074 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:30:00 CST Brazil, India and South Africa are three of the most successful cases of consolidated democracy in the developing world. They are also characterized by deep and durable social inequalities that have limited the effective political incorporation of subordinate groups. The talk develops a general analytic frame for assessing democratic deepening in comparative terms and identifies distinct trajectories of democratic deepening in each country. These divergent trajectories are in turn linked to patterns of interaction between civil and political society. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/45/15812841 Lecture http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/45/15812841 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:00 CST How Do Indigenous People Make Sovereignty and Autonomy Real?: An Introduction to Four Parts of the Hemisphere Alaska and the Arctic: Thomas Swensen, American Indian Studies, University of IllinoisThe 'Lower 48' United States: The Frederick Hoxie, CAS Professor of History, University of IllinoisMexico: Lourdes Gutirrez Njera, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth CollegeThe Andes: Andrew Orta, Anthropology, University of IllinoisThis roundtable session will feature four descriptions of the current state of indigenous sovereignty and autonomy in four major areas of the Western Hemisphere. The purpose of the gathering will be both to provide an introduction to the current state of affairs in these places, and to form the basis for a discussion among the panelists and audience about how and why the predicaments Native people find themselves involved in are both similar and different.