Beste Pech podcaster (2024)

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Shadowing the European Commission on Rule of Law? In Conversation with Laurent Pech and Petra Bárd 43:09

23d ago43:09

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The European Commission published its fifthannual Rule of Law Report in July 2024. In this RevDem Rule of Law podcast Oliver Garner discusses the effectiveness of this mechanism for upholding the EU's values with Professor Petra Bárd and Professor Laurent Pech.They have collaborated with the CEU Democracy Institute's rule of law clinic to produce a…

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Coalitional history of democracy during Emergency (1975-77) in India 31:40

8h ago31:40

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In this conversation with Kristin M. Plys, we delvedeeply into the nature and quality of Indian democracy by examining the legacy and impact of its resistance movements. Plys’ recent book, Brewing Resistance (Cambridge University Press, 2020), studies the Indian Coffee House movement—a unique, worker-driven cooperative that flourished in the 1970s.…

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International Law and the ‘Second World’: In Conversation with Patryk I. Labuda 30:18

1d ago30:18

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The Second World Approaches to International Law (SWAIL) project, which will be launched at Central European University in Vienna in February 2025, aims to establish a more accurate way of conceptualising East Central Europe’s position in, and relationship with, international law. Three themes arise continuously throughout the podcast:liminality, d…

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Authoritarian Regimes Learn from Each Other – In Conversation with Mikal Hem 17:58

6d ago17:58

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In our new podcast, Mikal Hem discusses what moderndictators and autocrats seem to have learned from their predecessors, reflects on what might drive voters toward leaders with autocratic tendencies, considerswhat democratic societies can learn from the survival strategies of dictators, and contemplates how the resilience of free media could be str…

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The Great Gender Divergence - In Conversation with Alice Evans 27:13

7d ago27:13

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Alice Evans discusses the great gender divergence and how we might explain that some countries are much more gender equal than others; considers whether the history of gender is essentially about female emancipation in modern times but also whether even the most gender equal countries in the world to…

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Screening Human Rights Documentaries in Hungary for More than 20 Years- Enikő Gyureskó on Verzió Festival's Mission in Human Rights and Education 26:10

13d ago26:10

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In this conversation at theReview of Democracy, Enikő Gyureskó- the Festival Director of VerzióInternational Human Rights Documentary Film Festival – discussesthe program of the Verzió FilmFestival, which will take place between 6-13 November; the rationaleof choosing specific foci in this year's program; the importanceof documentaries in raising a…

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Majoritarianism without Majorities 39:47

15d ago39:47

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We are thrilled to publish the first episode of our monthly special in cooperation with the Journal of Democracy. In the framework of this new partnership, authors shall discuss outstanding articles from the newest print issue of the Journal of Democracy each month.This conversation with Professor Kanchan Chandraoffers an incisive exploration of th…

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The U.S. Elections with Levente Littvay 44:52

15d ago44:52

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Join hosts Erin K. Jenne and Letitia Roman as they sit down with political scientist Levente Littvay to discuss the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Together, they explore why Donald Trump remains a prominent GOPcandidate despite numerous legal challenges, how polarization and populism intertwine, and the role of conspiracy theories in today’s poli…

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Competing Internationalisms: Samuel Hirst on Soviet-Turkish Interwar Relations, Statist Internationalism and Rejecting the Liberal Order 54:49

19d ago54:49

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In this episode of the Review of Democracy podcast, Alexandra Medzibrodszky interviews Samuel Hirst on his new book, Against the Liberal Order, the Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalism from 1919 to 1939. The book examines the collaboration between early Republican Turkey and the Soviet Union duringthe interwar period, exploring the dip…

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The Authority of the EU Legislature: In Conversation with Martijn van den Brink 32:07

20d ago32:07

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In June 2024, Martijn van den Brink’s monograph, Legislative Authority and Interpretation in the European Union was published by Oxford University Press. The book tackles deep conceptual issues about the EUlegal order, and yet its insights are also relevant for some of the most pressing practical issues facing Europe today. Martijn van den Brink is…

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We Need Democratization, Not of Nuclear Energy Debate but Energy Debate in General… - in Conversation with Professor M.V. Ramana 48:02

28d ago48:02

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In this conversation with M. V. Ramana, we delve into one of the most pressing issues of our time: the climate crisis. In response to this crisis, various solutions have been proposed, with nuclear energy emerging as one of the most prominent. After more than a decade of caution following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, a global consensus has …

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Lia Tsuladze on How Georgian Dream Has Diverted Away from Europe and Its Implications for the Upcoming Elections 24:47

29d ago24:47

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The Georgian Dream movement came to power over a decade ago. It initially claimed to want to uphold the European integration policies of its predecessor but has slowly moved towards a more sovereign discourse. Over time, Georgian Dream has increasingly fueled affective political polarization, and now accuses its pro-European critics of wanting to d…

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Diana Dumitru on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Question of Genocide 32:40

1M ago32:40

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Diana Dumitru – co-editor, with Dirk Moses, of the new collection The Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Victims, Perpetrators, Justice, and the Question of Genocide – discusses the motives of various Russian perpetrators in Ukraine and how those motives might have evolved overtime; shows how useful the co…

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The Special Tribunal for Russian Crimes of Aggression in Ukraine: In Conversation with Kateryna Busol 19:34

1M ago19:34

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Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been ongoing for 10 years. It started with the occupation of Crimea and parts of the Donbas in 2014 and culminated in thefull-scale invasion in 2022. Various domestic and international justice initiatives to ensure accountability for war crimes and other conflict related violations have been unfolding since 2…

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Maps That Give Power to the People - Jo Guldi on Participatory Spreadsheets, Global Archives, and the Triumph of Activist Movements 47:50

1M ago47:50

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Jo Guldi explores the relationship between data sciences and thehumanities; shows how the struggle for occupancy rights can help us reconsider global history; explains how her new project approaches climate change; anddiscusses the type of scholarship she finds most inspiring.…

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The Regime Change Has To Be Performed by Russians Themselves – Roland Freudenstein on Russia, the War in Ukraine, and Autocrats in Europe 25:29

1M ago25:29

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In our new podcast, Roland Freudenstein, Director of theFree Russia Foundation Brussels, and Founder and Executive Officer of the Brussels Freedom Hub discusses Russia’s geopolitical ambitions, how the war inUkraine may end, and the potentials for a regime change in Moscow; reflects on democratic backsliding in EU Member States; and shares his thou…

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Ask What You Can Do for Your City - Benedek Jávor on European Politics, Representing Budapest, and the Green Transition 36:28

2M ago36:28

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy,Benedek Jávor – Head of the Representation of Budapest to the European Union – discusseshis current role and the evolving relationship between the European Union, the city of Budapest, and the Hungarian government; reflects on the greentransition and critiques Hungary’s current energy policies; and pl…

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If There Was Not That Principled Element of Protecting the Liberal in Us, There Would Be No Need for the Harder Edge - Nathalie Tocci on the EU’s Global Strategy 32:16

2M ago32:16

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Nathalie Tocci – Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and part-time professor at the School ofTransnational Governance, European University Institute – discusses the direction the EU has taken in recent years in the light of its global strategy and howfar it has managed to become strategica…

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We Need Better Cohesion in Europe Because We Need Reforms and New Resources - Mikuláš Dzurinda on Slovakia’s Path, the European People’s Party, and the Future of Ukraine 24:13

2M ago24:13

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In our latest podcast, Mikuláš Dzurinda – President of the Wilfried Martens Centre and former Prime Minister of Slovakia – discusses the changes that EUmembership has brought to Slovakia; reflects on the recent rightward shift in Europe and how this might influence the EPP's priorities; analyzes potential change in Slovak foreign policy and the rel…

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A Revelation for the History of Social Movements in Hungary: Bernadett Sebály on “The Story of Our Struggles” Database 31:18

2M ago31:18

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In this conversation, Bernadett Sebály discusses the inception and development of the online database of protest events in Hungary, 1989–2010, entitled Küzdelmeink története, or “The Story of Our Struggles”; its use in pedagogical settings for students, activists, teachers, and everyday citizens; and the importance ofits place between activism and …

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What Leads Idealists into Morally Disastrous Territory? - Adam Kirsch on the Ideology of Settler Colonialism and Preferable Traditions of the Oppressed 34:58

2M ago34:58

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In this new conversation at the Reviewof Democracy, Adam Kirsch – author of the new book On Settler Colonialism. Ideology, Violence, and Justice – discusses the ideology of settler colonialism and how it leads idealists into morally disastrous territory; reflects on whether the application of this ideology to the State of Israel should be viewed as…

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How to Overturn the Tech Coup? - Marietje Schaake on the Erosion of Democracy, the Need for Global Regulation, and the Democratic Internet Policy of the Future 20:21

2M ago20:21

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In this conversation, Marietje Schaake – author of the new book The Tech Coup. How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley – discusses how tech companies have been eroding democracy and what makes their growing power into a systemic problem; compares the policies ofdemocratic and authoritarian regimes; identifies issues where regulation would be urge…

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True Romanianness - Marius Turda on Racism and Eugenics in Romanian History 46:04

2M ago46:04

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In this conversation at the Review ofDemocracy, Marius Turda – author of the new book În Căutarea RomânuluiPerfect. Specific național, degenerare rasială și selecție socială în Româniamodernă (In Search ofthe Perfect Romanian. National Specificity, Racial Degeneration, and SocialSelection in Modern Romania) – discusses the intersection betweeneugen…

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The Crowd Never Left the Scene… - Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury on Crowd Politics in Bangladesh 28:05

2M ago28:05

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury – author of the recent book Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh (Stanford UP, 2019) – discusses the various layersof democracy in Bangladesh. Analysing the differences between the English word “crowd” and the Bengali term “jonata,” Professor Chowdhury delibe…

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Commodification of Ethnic Sexuality and Social Belonging - George Paul Meiu on Political Representation and the Role of Objects 32:03

3M ago32:03

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, George Paul Meiu clarifies his concept of ethno-erotic economy and the commodification of ethnicsexuality; reflects on the role of objects in shaping political representations; discusses belonging and citizenship as well as mobility, memory, and materiality – and shares his insights concerning possib…

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Off White - Anikó Imre and James Mark on Eastern Europe in the Global History of Race 43:43

3M ago43:43

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In this conversation, Anikó Imre and JamesMark – co-editors, with Catherine Baker and Bogdan Iacob, of the new volume Off White. Central and Eastern Europe and the Global History of Race – present the ambiguities of East Europeans’ whiteness andthe major implications such ambiguities have had; analyze how the “two halves of Europe” compare when it …

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The Trojan Horse Has Arrived - András Bozóki on Autocratization, External Constraints, and the Role of His Own Generation 48:51

3M ago48:51

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy,András Bozóki – author of the new collection Töréspontok. Tanulmányok az autokráciakialakulásáról (Breaking Points. Studies on the Formation of Autocracy) – reflectson what has made the anti-democratic turn in Hungary so effective and discusseswhat has surprised him the most about the evolution of the…

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How Charm Shapes Politics - Julia Sonnevend on Personal Magnetism and Its Growing Impact in Our Age of Social Media 37:52

3M ago37:52

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Julia Sonnevend – author of the new book Charm. How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics – analyzes the main techniques politicians use to appear charming;compares the uses of such techniques by liberal and illiberal political leaders; discusses how gendered the perception of charm has remain…

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Populism in Power - A Conversation with Giorgos Venizelos 25:48

3M ago25:48

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Çağlar Öztürk: My first question concerns populism. Populism has become a fashionable term in recent years which has led to quite some confusion even among political scientists and political science students. First of all, what qualifies a politician or party as populist? How do they differ from others, from non-populist ones? What was your motivat…

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The vehicle of change is always politics - Sanjay Kumar on the 2024 Elections in India 26:37

4M ago26:37

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, eminent psephologist and political analyst Sanjay Kumar discusses the recently concluded elections inIndia. Kumar weighs in on some of the unique features of the Indian elections in 2024, the emerging patterns of change, and what the election verdicts mean for democracy and politics in the Global Sou…

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Ukraine Will Not Slide into Authoritarianism - A Conversation with Pat Cox 39:26

4M ago39:26

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In this conversation, Pat Cox reflects on the new termof the European Parliament and the importance of the rise of the Right in the Union and its member states. He also discusses his work in Ukraine after 2012 – when he led a mission to free political prisoners imprisoned by President Viktor Yanukovych – as well as in more recent years when he has …

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Why Do We See the Rise of Anti-Democrats in Democracies? - Zack Beauchamp on the Reactionary Spirit Across the Globe 34:15

4M ago34:15

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Zack Beauchamp – author of the new book The Reactionary Spirit. How America’s Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World – discusses the specific kind ofantidemocratic politics that emerges in countries with democratic institutions; shows how the United States might to said to have invented c…

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Why Was Central-South-East Europe Labeled as "Corrupt"? - Silvia Marton on Transnational Histories of ‘Corruption’ 39:44

4M ago39:44

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In this podcast, SilviaMárton, principal investigator within the ERC Project “Transnational Histories of ‘Corruption’ in Central-South-East Europe,” discusses the multiple understandings of the concept “corruption” in the context of Central-South-EastEurope; the relevance of this debate in understanding the process of modernization between 1750 and…

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The intellectual sources of the EU Rule of Law crisis: In Conversation with Maciej Krogel 13:41

5M ago13:41

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This latest RevDem Rule of Law podcast discusses the doctoral research of Dr. Maciej Krogel following the defence of his thesis “The intellectual sources ofthe European Union’s response to the rule of law crisis in the Member States”.Maciej is a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and he completed a re:constitution fellowship in 2022/23. Oliver…

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Gergő Medve-Bálint on the First Two Decades of Hungary’s EU Membership 46:41

5M ago46:41

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In this conversation, Gergő Medve-Bálint – co-editor,with András Bíró-Nagy of the new volume Húsz év az Európai Unióban. Magyarország uniós tagságának közpolitikai mérlege (Twenty Years in theEuropean Union. A Balance Sheet of Hungary’s Membership and Public Policies) – discusses the achievements and shortcomings of Hungary’s EUmembership; what con…

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Michael S. Roth on Being a Student and Student Activism Today - Finding the Pragmatist Middle Ground- 29:22

5M ago29:22

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Michael S. Roth sketches the main ways of being a student since ancient times; reflects on the process of learning “to be free”; explores the reasons behindthe politicization of universities in the United States; considers what might be new about the adversarial relationship between students and univ…

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What Stops China From Ruling the World? 1:01:22

5M ago1:01:22

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In this conversation with the Review of Democracy, Ho-fung Hung shares his eye-opening analysis of the internal contradictions and external limitationsplaguing China’s export-led development model and offers novel insights into the difficulties its political leadership is encountering in challenging US hegemony and extending its global sphere of in…

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Joshua Leifer on the Autumn of American Jewish Life, the Most Serious Test of the Jewish Left, and Much More 53:36

5M ago53:36

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Joshua Leifer – author of the new book Tablets Shattered. The End of an American Jewish Century and the Futureof Jewish Life – analyzes the unravelling of the postwar American Jewish consensus and the reemergence ofoppositional Jewish politics; discusses what he sees as the four main political-religi…

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Incremental Rule of Law Restoration? Polish Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar in Budapest 35:51

6M ago35:51

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What are the most important legal and political challenges in rebuilding the Rule of Law in Poland? Polish Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar highlighted them in his lecture at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest. On May 27 the CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law clinic was launched with an inaugural lecture from the Minister for Justice of Poland…

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Racism Against East Europeans 36:38

6M ago36:38

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In this conversation, Jannis Panagiotidis and Hans-Christian Petersen – authors of the new book Antiosteuropäischer Rassismus in Deutschland. Geschichte und Gegenwart(Racism Against East Europeans in Germany. History and the Present Day) – show why racism is an appropriate category when discussing stereotypes and prejudicesagainst East Europeans; e…

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Democracy, Populism, and the Myth of Rational Politics 33:49

6M ago33:49

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In this conversation with Lorena Drakula, Yannis Stavrakakis – author of the new Research Handbook on Populism and the book Populist Discourse. Recasting Populism Research – discusses the past and future of populism research; analyzes the outdated stereotypes that shape the political role of the ‘populist’ label; andargues for returning passions to…

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Why Have Colour Revolutions Become Much Less Likely? 27:22

6M ago27:22

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Mike Smeltzer – Senior Research Analyst at Freedom House who has just co-led the research on the Nations in Transit 2024 report – clarifies how the research they conduct into the broad and diverse post-communist region conceives of democracy; explains how the newest developments in these twenty-nine …

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Securitization of EU refugee law: In conversation with Aleksandra Ancite- Jepifánova 41:22

6M ago41:22

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Since the 2015 refugee crisis there has been an increasing ‘securitization’ of EU refugee law that has only been exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In this latest RevDem Rule of Law podcast Oliver Garner discusses this phenomenon with Aleksandra Ancite- Jepifánova. She is a Research Affiliate with the Refugee Law Initiative at the Universi…

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Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe 47:37

6M ago47:37

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Martin Conway and Camilo Erlichman – editors of the new volume Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe –discuss how to approach the question of social justice historically; show how this aspiration may be placed at the confluence of key developments in the twentieth century; explain how focusing o…

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The State of Democracy and Constitutionalism in India: with Tarunabh Khaitan 44:13

6M ago44:13

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In this interview with Tarunabh Khaitan, we discuss the ongoing crisis of democracy and constitutionalism in India. At the time of conducting the interview, elections are underway in India, with approximately a month left for results to be declared.In this context, we discuss the differences between the first and the second term of the Modi governm…

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Judith Butler on the Anti-Gender Ideology Movement, Current Theories of Gender, and Their Ideas of Radical Democracy 36:28

6M ago36:28

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy,Judith Butler – author of the new book Who’s Afraid of Gender – discuss their interpretation of the anti-gender ideology movement and what makes it ‘inadvertentlyconfessional’; explain why we should think about the material and the social as intertwined also when we reflect on issues of gender; show w…

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Tensions in EU internal market law 27:36

6M ago27:36

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In the latest RevDem Rule of Law podcast Oliver Garner discusses the substantive and constitutional tensions caused by the Court of Justice of the EU’s internalmarket case-law with Dr Vilija Velyvyte. She is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Reading and was previously a Lecturer in EU Law and Constitutional Law at the University of Oxford. She…

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The Spaces and Networks of Critical Theory 29:32

7M ago29:32

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Philipp Lenhard – author of the new book Café Marx. Das Institut für Sozialforschung von den Anfängen bis zur Frankfurter Schule (Café Marx. The Institute for SocialResearch from the Beginnings to the Frankfurt School) – discusses the history of the Institute For Social Research and the Frankfurt Sch…

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To push for as large a change as our democratic system will permit 20:58

7M ago20:58

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy,Joseph Stiglitz discusses key features of progressive, social democratic capitalism; explains what motivated him to want to reclaim the language of freedom from the Right; and reflects on what the toolkit of the economist can contribute to our understanding of the relationship between freedom and demo…

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The presidential subversion of the Mexican judiciary 32:53

7M ago32:53

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Oliver Garner: You have recently published a working paper for the CEU Democracy Institute on the subversion of judicial legitimacy in Mexico by presidential rhetoric. Could you summarize this phenomenon for our listeners who may not be familiar with the political context in Mexico? Azul Aguilar: I wanted to explore how the dynamics of attacks from…

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