Authoritarianism and punishment: questions of continuity, conflict and change

This event is organised by The University of Edinburgh Law School 

Professor Máximo Sozzo Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina and Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Edinburgh Law School.

How far have authoritarian discourses and practices reshaped the penal field in Latin America in recent times? Drawing on illustrations from the prisons of an Argentine province, I explore both the persistence of authoritarian control practices and struggles to mitigate them. How has this complex field been impacted by the new wave of ‘authoritarian populism’ in some Latin American settings? How then should we address questions of both continuity and change in these contexts?