Juan Albarracín
@juanalbarracind.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at UIC. Research on political and criminal violence, criminal governance, transitional justice, parties and elections, Brazilian and Colombian politics. Opiniones personales. http://albarracin.co
“Argues that building peaceful democracies requires confronting authoritarian legacies and holding perpetrators accountable.” Accountability Shock by Guillermo Trejo, @tiscornia21.bsky.social, & @juanalbarracind.bsky.social cup.org/4oVUkqR
Accountability Shock
Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - Accountability Shock
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By popular (?) demand, I've updated (and cleaned up) my suffrage and citizenship timeline with recent events and some additional clarifications. Feedback welcome! I will make the file available on my website (christinawolbrecht.com) by COB.
Even if I had already seen a digital version, there is nothing like holding a printed copy of Accountability Shock in my hands!
Exciting news! Accountability Shock is available! The book shows how robust transitional justice contributes to the development of peaceful democracies and prevents the outbreak of criminal wars. It is the product of a truly amazing intellectual partnership with G. Trejo and @tiscornia21.bsky.social
Lucía Tiscornia@tiscornia21.bsky.social · 7mo agoAccountability Shock is out with CUP! It explains why transitional justice tools deter criminal wars in new democracies. Grateful to Guillermo Trejo and @juanalbarracind.bsky.social for an amazing collaboration and to all who shared their expertise with us. www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
📢 New article📢 Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes? Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
Article by @juanalbarracind.bsky.social, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak, & Jonas Wolff examines assassinations of social activists in the Global South: In the Brazilian Amazon (plus case study of Altamira), killings are linked to industrial deforestation & criminal-political networks, not drug trafficking.
Postula para ser uno de los paneles de LAPIS en LASA 2026! Convocatoria abierta hasta el 8 de agosto.
Latin American Political Institutions Section (LAPIS)@lapislasa.bsky.social · last yr.LAPIS los invita a enviar propuestas para paneles patrocinados sobre instituciones políticas para LASA 2026. Postulece antes del 8 de agosto a través de este formulario: forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba.... Los paneles seleccionados tendrán aceptación garantizada en la conferencia.
Apply to be one of the LAPIS sponsored panels at LASA 2026! Deadline is August 8.
Latin American Political Institutions Section (LAPIS)@lapislasa.bsky.social · last yr.LAPIS invites applications for sponsored panels on political institutions for LASA 2026. Apply by Aug 8 via this form: forms.gle/EhLLj5fkdWba.... Selected panels are guaranteed conference acceptance.
👇🏽👇🏽 #Agendar ¡¡Lanzamos la convocatoria📣!! III Seminario Internacional "Política Subnacional en América Latina🌎" 📅Fecha límite para postulaciones📋: 14 de julio 🗓️Fecha del evento: 30-31 de octubre de 2025 🏫Lugar: CENUR Litoral Norte (UDELAR), Salto, Uruguay
@lgamboa.bsky.social’s work is extraordinary. Her recent article was now shared by @maddow.msnbc.com. A must read!
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · last yr."use creative tactics, stay active for long periods of time, and retain public support by eschewing violence even when facing government repression..." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
"use creative tactics, stay active for long periods of time, and retain public support by eschewing violence even when facing government repression..." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
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In 10 years, when your doctor tells you there is no treatment for your cancer or heriditary disease, know who to hold accountable.
Alex Wayne@aawayne.bsky.social · 2y agoExclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By @arthurallen202.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Meine Wahlunterlagen sind erst gestern angekommen. Zu spät. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...
Bundestagswahl: Auslandsdeutsche klagen über verspätete Wahlzettel
Viele Auslandsdeutsche haben nicht rechtzeitig ihre Wahlunterlagen bekommen - oder befürchten, dass die ausgefüllten Zettel zu spät in der Heimat ankommen. ARD-Korrespondenten berichten von Sonderkuri...
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The German CDU today knowingly breaks one of the fundamental unwritten rules of German democracy after 1945: never cooperate with anti-democratic, far right forces. By passing a parliamentary resolution with the support of the AfD, they have willingly weakened German democracy. Eine Schande!
Reminder! Deadline for nominations for the best LASA paper 🗓 January 26, 2024. Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol... @sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
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Recordatorio! Fecha limite para nominaciones del mejor paper LASA 🗓 26 de enero de 2024. Enlace: secciones.lasaweb.org/sections/pol... @sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
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Apply and share!!! Self-nominations are encouraged!! @viroliveros.bsky.social @juanalbarracind.bsky.social @tiscornia21.bsky.social @yanilda.bsky.social @egocantos.bsky.social @dsmilde.bsky.social @beccahanson.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @redpolitologas.bsky.social
Latin American Political Institutions Section (LAPIS)@lapislasa.bsky.social · 2y agoLAPIS announces the call for the Donna Lee Van Cott Award for the best book on political institutions in Latin America (2024) and the best LASA 2024 paper. 🗓 Deadline: January 26, 2024. Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol... @sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
Apliquen y compartan!! Auto-nominaciones son muy bien recibidas! @viroliveros.bsky.social @juanalbarracind.bsky.social @tiscornia21.bsky.social @yanilda.bsky.social @egocantos.bsky.social @dsmilde.bsky.social @beccahanson.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @redpolitologas.bsky.social
Latin American Political Institutions Section (LAPIS)@lapislasa.bsky.social · 2y agoLAPIS abre convocatorias para el premio Donna Lee Van Cott al mejor libro sobre instituciones políticas en América Latina (2024) y mejor paper LASA 2024. 🗓 Fecha límite: 26 de enero, 2024 Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol... @sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social
Current and former Kellogg Institute Fellows (PhD Students, Faculty, Visiting), join the starter pack! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Momentous news coming from Brazil. Hoping for accountability and that the specter of impunity—common in Brazil’s past and present—does not prevail again.
NPR@npr.org · 2y agoBrazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro and several others have been charged with attempting to overthrow incoming government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022.
This workshop will be amazing! “State Capacity, State Formation and Non-State Governance”, Monday November 18 at the Harris School, UChicago. harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/...
State Capacity, State Formation and Non-State Governance | The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
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Does ideology matter when militarizing the police? @tiscornia21.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in #PoliticalResearchQuarterly. Short🧵:
📝New #TraCe Working Paper is out! Welcome to the team, @juanalbarracind.bsky.social! Together with Jonas Wolff, our new Visiting Fellow analyzes the characteristics, causes and transformations of targeted violence against social activists. Read the paper here: www.trace-center.de/en/publicati...
Polisky: We are hiring at UIC’s Department of Political Science! There was a problem with the previous application link, below the correct link. Happy to answer questions about the position! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Bridge to Faculty in Political Science
Position SummaryThe Department of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) i...
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Juan Albarracín@juanalbarracind.bsky.social · 3y agoWe are hiring at UIC’s Department of Political Science! Postdoctoral Research Associate - Bridge to Faculty in Political Science. Happy to answer questions! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
@profmusgrave.bsky.social can you please add me to Polisky?
We are hiring at UIC’s Department of Political Science! Postdoctoral Research Associate - Bridge to Faculty in Political Science. Happy to answer questions! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Bridge to Faculty in Political Science
Position SummaryThe Department of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) i...
uic.csod.com
¡Emocionado que este libro pronto estará disponible! Estoy muy feliz de contribuir con un capítulo escrito con @lgamboa.bsky.social. ¡Gracias a @sboteroc.bsky.social y Miguel García por la invitación a participar!
With JP Milanese, we wrote this analysis about the recent subnational elections in Colombia. Subnational politics in Colombia is not a reflection of national politics! This has to be a part of our analysis of the results! latinoamerica21.com/en/petro-and...
Petro and the mistake of nationalizing subnational elections in Colombia - Latinoamérica 21
Analysis L21 | Urban and Bogotá bias. Petro and the mistake of trying to nationalize subnational elections in Colombia.
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