ACCESS EUROPE lunch seminar with Alejandro Portes

Professor Alejandro Portes on Institutions and Development in Portugal

Lecture

In this lecture, Professor Portes will summarize results of a recently-completed study of a sample of Portuguese national institutions and their bearing on national development.

The study employed the same methodology used in a prior comparative project of Latin American institutions described in Portes and Smith, Institutions Count: Their Role and Significance for Latin American Development (Univ. of California Press, 2013). The study employs the definition and model of institutions proposed by the authors of that book and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) methods to seek to identify necessary and sufficient conditions for institutionally adequate organizations in Portugal. Implications of findings for the future of that country and for broader comparative study of national institutions in Europe will be discussed.

About the speaker

Professor Alejandro Portes (Princeton University / University of Miami) is a premier sociologist who has shaped the study of immigration,  urbanization, institutions and development for 30 years. A past president of the American Sociological Association, he is co-founder and director of Princeton's Center for Migration and Development. His name is associated with such key notions such as segmented assimilation, the informal economy, and social capital. He has authored and edited numerous books and has published articles on a range of policy issues, including immigrant assimilation, Latin American politics, and United States/Cuba relations. Professor Portes is a visiting scholar at the UvA in the second half of September.

Coffee and tea will be served

Registration is not required

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