The Politics of Healthcare Expansion: Policy Reform and Political Parties in Latin America
Book Talk with Zoila Ponce de León
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Time: 4:30 PM ET
Location: Posvar Hall, Room 3911
Register: https://wkf.ms/4zxDRxB
Zoila Ponce de León will be drawing on her recent book, The Politics of Healthcare Expansion (Cambridge University Press, 2026), to examine why efforts to expand equitable healthcare so often fall short, and why some succeed. Using comparative case studies of Chile, Mexico, and Peru, she will discuss how political party commitment, or the lack of it, shapes the design, implementation, and sustainability of healthcare reform.
About the Speaker
Ponce de León is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public and International Affairs, with research on comparative social policy and affiliations in Political Science and Latin American Studies.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Governance and Markets, the Department of Political Science, and the Center for Latin American Studies.