Resistance, Revolution, Democracy
When there are no choices left, people resist. Resistance brings revolution. And sometimes a revolution brings about democracy. Over the next three weeks the Democracy Paradox will interview scholars ...
9 Sep 202053s
Jill Long Thompson on Character in a Democracy
A few fun disclaimers. I am a graduate of the Kelley School of Business MBA program where Jill Long Thompson teaches. My wife is a graduate of the Master's program at the School of Public and Environm...
6 Sep 202039min
Juliet B. Schor on the Sharing Economy
My conversation with Juliet explores what is called the sharing economy. Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb have transformed the economy and reshaped what it means to work. We discuss her book After The Gig: How ...
30 Aug 20201h 17min
Agnes Cornell and Svend-Erik Skaaning on the Interwar Period
Many scholars use the interwar period as a cautionary tale of democratic breakdown and collapse, but it was also a period of remarkable democratic stability in an age of crisis. Agnes Cornell and Sven...
23 Aug 20201h
John Gastil and Katherine Knobloch on Citizen Initiative Review
The ninth episode revisits the initiative referendum except it introduces an important twist. John Gastil and Katherine Knobloch are the authors of Hope for Democracy: How Citizens Can Bring Reason Ba...
16 Aug 20201h 15min
Yael Tamir on Nationalism
The eighth episode of the Democracy Paradox features Israeli scholar Yael Tamir as we discuss her recent book Why Nationalism. Yael Tamir offers a refreshing look at nationalism as she looks to reclai...
9 Aug 202058min
Joshua J. Dyck and Edward L. Lascher, Jr. on Initiative Referendums
The seventh episode of the Democracy Paradox focuses on the secondary effects of direct democracy with Joshua (Josh) J. Dyck and Edward (Ted) L. Lascher, Jr. Their recent book Initiatives without Enga...
2 Aug 20201h 31min
William S. Smith on Irving Babbitt
This episode features William S. Smith, author of Democracy and Imperialism: Irving Babbitt and Warlike Democracies. Irving Babbitt is an underappreciated political theorist. He wrote the classic Demo...
26 Juli 20201h 6min
