Guillermina Seri, Union College - Democracy, Markets, Rights, and Emergency Rule
Published: July 21, 2026
Duration: 2:30
On Union College Week: Why are democracies suspending the rights of their people?
Guillermina Seri, professor of political science, explores this.
Faculty Bio:
Guillermina Seri is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Union College, NY, where she teaches courses in political theory and Latin American Politics. Seri is the author of the books Seguridad: Crime, Police Power, and Democracy in Argentina (Continuum, 2012) and Neoliberalism and Unlawful Governance. The Crisis of Democratic Rights (University of Michigan Press, 2026), and co-editor of the volume Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies (Palgrave, 2018).
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