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Political Theory
The Road Ahead for US Democracy
Michael Walzer, Karen Barkey, Spencer P. Boyer, Sheri Berman, Jonathan Laurence, Rahsaan Maxwell 22 June 2020

Michael Walzer, Karen Barkey, Spencer P. Boyer, Sheri Berman, Jonathan Laurence, Rahsaan Maxwell. Six powerful voices, six prominent American political thinkers on the impact of George Floyd’s murder and the challenges ahead for US democracy.
Political Theory
Social Cohesion without Electoral Democracy: The Case of China
Daniel A. Bell 18 May 2020

In China, leaders fear elections, even at local level. But democracy is not just about elections and China is experimenting with non-electoral mechanisms of political participation, such as deliberation and sortition. Can such mechanisms help to secure social cohesion in China?
Political Theory
«The Answer to Emergency is Politics from Below». A Talk with Jonathan White
Simone Disegni 3 April 2020

Democracies may be devastated by emergency governance, but crises are also moments of collective learning, says the LSE’s professor of politics and author of a “prophetic” book on the “Politics of Last Resort”.
International Affairs
The Legal Divorce between Hungary and Democracy
Matteo Tacconi 31 March 2020

How and why Viktor Orbán exploited the European coronavirus crisis to harden ever more his rule over Hungary
Political Theory
How Participative Democracy Helped Curb the Gilets Jaunes. A Talk with Pascal Perrineau
Camilla Pagani 12 March 2020

The French political scientist and author of Le grand écart reflects on his experience as guarantor of the Great National Debate launched by the Elysée to respond to the Yellow Vests, and on the challenges to save Western democracies.
International Affairs
When Authoritarian Regimes are Mis-labelled as Democracies: Lessons from Turkey’s Experience
Dilek Kurban 10 March 2020

Turkey is one of the drafters of the Conventions which has helped shape the European liberal legal order. Ironically Turkey was and is an authoritarian state, treated as a liberal democracy by the European institutions.
Migrations, Political Theory
Decriminalizing Migration: Moral Resources, Juridical Ideas
Seyla Benhabib 27 February 2020

Do liberal democracies have the moral, political and intellectual resources to fight the politics of fear and cruelty? A discussion, and some proposals, by prof. Seyla Benhabib
International Affairs
Is Fakhfakh the right man? Tunisia’s hour of reckoning
Giulia Cimini 25 February 2020

Ahead of a much-awaited government confidence vote, Ennahda and the other main Tunisian parties weigh the price of compromise
Political Theory, Sociology
Is There Really a Threat for Majorities and Not Only for Minorities?
Alan Patten 5 February 2020

Populist claim that traditional cultures today are under threat. There are three cases were majority rights claims are plausible as a principle of liberal democracy, says Alan Patten.
Political Theory, Society
«Forget Populism. The Real Threat is Social Disintegration»
Simone Disegni 31 January 2020

One of the most renowned American social scientists, Craig Calhoun discusses lessons learnt from the Brexit saga, and the challenges ahead to save democracy.