Brusco Valeria
Undergraduate -Postgraduate education:
Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at UNSAM (thesis submitted)
Teaching position(s) at the FCS:
Tenured Professor of Organizational Sociology, Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work; Professor serving as Tenured Instructor for the Seminar on Comparative Politics and for Organizational Sociology in the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Sociology
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Key words:
comparative politics, political organisations, clientelism, the New Right, youth organisations
Lines of investigation:
Comparative politics and sub-national politics.Clientelism, political organisations and electoral competition. The new right, youth groups and political identities.
Bonding capabilities:
Experience in applied research and political and institutional analysis. I work with public bodies, community organizations, and civil society organizations. I am able to design assessments, monitoring programs, comparative studies, and qualitative and quantitative surveys; coordinate teams; evaluate projects; and develop participatory methodologies. I provide consultancy on organizational processes, citizen participation, public opinion, social policies, and human resources development.
Cyt expertise:
Researcher in Political Science and Sociology of Organizations, specializing in comparative politics, political organizations, clientelism, and territorial intermediation. She analyzes the relationships between organizational structures, leadership, political identities, and electoral behavior, with a particular focus on Argentina and Latin America. She is currently studying the new right-wing movements, young people’s political affiliations, and changes in democratic representation.
Current research project/program:
Identities: Emancipations. A Theoretical Approach and Historical-Empirical Studies on Subjectivities, Politics, and Hegemony in Latin America. Consolidate. Member. I am also a member of the following projects: Political Subjectivities in Tension During the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Period in Argentina. Director Javier Balsa, PICT 2021 I-A 00395 and ‘Youth as Experience and Social Metaphor in Unequal Territories: Constructions of the Future, Living Conditions, and Disputes in Social Discourse During the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods in Argentina.. PICT 2021 GRF-TII 00092, Director Mariana Chaves