State Capacity, State Formation and Non-State Governance

Agenda:

8:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:45 am: M. Camila Angulo Amaya, Criminal governance and Provision of Goods

9:45 am - 10:30 am: Sebastian Mazzuca, Pathways to State Capacity: The US in Comparative Perspective, coauthored with Adam Sheingate

10:30 am - 10:45 am: Break

10:45 am - 11:30 am: Javier Osorio, Unfolding State Capture by Legalized Non-state Armed Actors in Colombia, coauthored with Desmond Arias and Camilo Pardo

11:30 am - 12:15 pm: Mark Dincecco, Conflict and Gender Norms, coauthored with James Fenske, Bishnupriya Gupta, and Anil Menon

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm - 2:40 pm: Graduate Student Panel

• 1:30 pm - 2:05 pm: Steve Kim, Does Democracy Build State Capacity?
• 2:05 pm - 2:40 pm: Adee Weller, Why Colonies Selectively Repress Crime: Analyzing Security Decisions of the East India Company

2:40 pm - 2:55 pm: Break

2:55 pm - 3:40 pm: Benjamin Lessing, Pax Criminalis: The Real Medellín “Miracle”, coauthored with Chris Blattman, Gustavo Duncan, Santiago Tobon, and Felipe Martinez

3:40 pm - 4:25 pm: Ana Arjona, Do Rebel and Criminal Governance Thrive Where the State is Weak?, coauthored with Andrew Saab

Organizers:

• Martin Castillo Quintana
• Juan Albarracín Dierolf

Details:

• Breakfast and Lunch provided. 
• Due to limited capacity, this event is by invitation only.