Michael Miller on the Unexpected Paths to Democratization
So many cases of democratization start with these episodes and this period of elite political violence where the initial stages of it have nothing to do with democratization. People are not aiming for...
15 Jun 202145min
Daniel Carpenter Revisits the Petition in 19th Century America
The idea of a political system is not simply to be efficient. It's to have justice. It's to have the idea that anybody can come to the seat of power and say, 'Here are my grievances,' and that doesn't...
8 Jun 202146min
Sebastian Strangio Explains the Relationship Between China and Southeast Asia
The experience of Western colonization has imprinted all of these nations in profound ways and it's tended to inculcate a sort of skepticism about Western invocations of democracy and the rule of law....
1 Jun 202145min
Can America Preserve Democracy without Retreating from it? Robert C. Lieberman on the Four Threats
Racism and racial conflict are always there, always a powerful and important part of American politics. But when they combine with polarization, with this kind of partisan antagonism, and when that be...
25 Mai 202148min
Kurt Weyland Distinguishes Between Fascism and Authoritarianism
In the 19th century Europe had thought that they had moved towards liberalism, enlightenment, rationality, progress, that stuff like mass warfare was over and it wouldn't come back. And then you have ...
18 Mai 202153min
James Loxton Explains Why Authoritarian Successor Parties Succeed in Democracies
They really view their history as one of victimization, one of struggle and even martyrdom. ARENA had multiple leaders assassinated. Again, that version of history that I just told you, that's not nec...
11 Mai 202154min
Derek W. Black Says Public Education Represents the Idea of America... Not its Reality
I find it hard to believe, without a lot more justification than they're offering that somehow that there's this new secret sauce to opportunity and equality and democracy that does not involve public...
4 Mai 202151min
Sheryl WuDunn Paints a Picture of Poverty in America and Offers Hope for Solutions
That's why all Americans should care. Because the cost of poverty is not just the cost to that person who is in poverty. It's a cost to all of society. We're all paying for people being jailed. We're ...
27 Apr 202147min
