”Will America Survive Until 2020?”-From the Cold War to the Present
A 1986 Polish underground document and a 2012 interview with peace scholar Johan Galtung share an identical title, but they reached different conclusions. Anna Nakai reads both against and along with the present.
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Consumer culture, democratic elections, the feminist struggle, and the language of human rights all echo a familiar narrative: the more options we have, the freer we are. We [...]
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From Guilds to Pubs: The History of Democratic Practices (Part 1)
Scholars often frame the history of democracy as a gradual expansion of voting rights and representative institutions. Camille Creyghton, our guest today, offers a different perspective: [...]
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The Other Side of Law: Democracy, Rights, and Illiberalism
In this opening episode of a new Review of Democracy podcast series on law, rights, and democracy in Latin America, Gabriel Pereira speaks with Fabio de Sá e Silva about the increasingly complex [...]