On Democracy in Question, published by The Brookings Institution, host Katie Dunn Tenpas interviews guests about contemporary American politics and the future of democracy. Each episode poses a different question to better understand the broad contours of our democratic system.
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Today, liberal democracies are under unprecedented strain from within and without. In each episode, renowned social anthropologist Shalini Randeria invites a leading scholar to explore the challenges and dilemmas facing democracies around the world. They investigate what needs to be done to ensure the future well-being of our democratic institutions and practices.
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How do we protect our democracy from corruption and foreign threats?
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Foreign influence on our elections is as old as our country itself. However, as disinformation tools become more sophisticated with the advent of emerging technologies—such as AI—the threat of election interference and democratic backsliding grows stronger as well. But it’s not just foreign actors we have to worry about, as influence from abroad of…
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Johanna Lutz on Identity, Partisanship, and the Vulnerabilities of Democracy
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How do artificial intelligence and disinformation impact elections?
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Political campaigns in America have always featured misinformation about the issues, but today, AI and other new technologies represent an unprecedented challenge to the electorate and our political system. The scale and sophistication of AI-generated deepfake images, voice recordings, and videos are widespread and could alter the outcome in many e…
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Raimund Löw on the Dithering Austrian Democracy
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Voter turnout rates for voters 18 to 29 have been trending up in recent years, yet younger voters continue to have the lowest turnout of all age groups. Younger voters offer many explanations for not participating in elections--they are rigged, politicians don’t follow through on promises, voting itself is confusing or difficult to assess, and ulti…
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Julia Ebner on How Extremism Threatens Democracy (Part 2)
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What does it mean to be an American?
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Since the founding of the United States in 1776, the definition of who gets to participate in politics and in civic life has been contested. What does it mean to be an American? Are some Americans more “American” than others? In this episode, host Katie Dunn Tenpas explores what we mean when we talk about being an “American” with Rashawn Ray, a sen…
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Julia Ebner on How Extremism Threatens Democracy (Part 1)
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What role do courts and judges play in democracy?
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Each year in late June, we impatiently wait for the Supreme Court to hand down decisions on cases with names like Dobbs, Citizens United, and even Trump v. The United States. The nine members of the nation’s highest court preside at the top of a pyramid that includes hundreds of federal appellate and district courts, with judges appointed for essen…
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How do we build trust in elections?
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How do we build trust in elections? There have been widespread election fraud claims after the past two presidential elections despite little to no evidence. In 2022, the Pew Research Center found a party gap in terms of trust in elections. By a significant margin, Democratic voters tended to think that elections “will be administered well,” in the…
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Is democracy in decline? In this first episode of Democracy in Question, host Katie Dunn Tenpas explores an issue that is on the minds of many citizens and scholars alike. We’ve all witnessed numerous assaults on our democracy, Tenpas notes, including mis- and disinformation campaigns, wide ranging skepticism about election outcomes, extreme gerrym…
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Introducing Democracy in Question, a new podcast on the state of democracy
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On Democracy in Question, host Katie Dunn Tenpas—a visiting fellow in Governance Studies and director of the Katzmann Initiative on Improving Interbranch Relations and Government—interviews expert guests about American politics and the future of democracy. Each episode poses a different question to better understand the contours of our democratic s…
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Yogendra Yadav on Democracy in India
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Mark Leonard on the U.K. Elections
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Adam Habib on South Africa's Elections
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Ivan Krastev on the European Elections
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Catherine Fieschi on the Rise of Populism
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Seema Syeda Addresses Islamophobia Across Europe
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Zsolt Enyedi on the Crises of Liberalism
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Michael Woldemariam on Challenges Facing African Democracy (Part 2)
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Michael Woldemariam on Challenges Facing African Democracy (Part 1)
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Vivek Maru on Legal Empowerment for Communities
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Oleksandra Matviichuk on Human Rights and Ukraine
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Dilip Gaonkar on the "Degenerations of Democracy"
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Yanis Varoufakis on "Technofeudalism"
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Nancy Fraser on "Cannibal Capitalism"
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Paul Lendvai on "Austria Behind the Mask"
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Maciej Kisilowski on the Polish Elections
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Kalypso Nicolaidis on Governing Together Through Demoicracy (Part 2)
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Kalypso Nicolaidis on Governing Together Through Demoicracy (Part 1)
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Janka Oertel on "The End of the China Illusion" (Part 2)
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Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz on a More Equitable Future
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Janka Oertel on "The End of the China Illusion" (Part 1)
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Alejandra Ballon Gutierrez on Body Politics in Peru
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Kim Lane Scheppele on Destroying Democracy by Law
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Ulrike Flader on Turkey at the Crossroads
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Daniela Schwarzer on Europe’s Strategic Conundrums (Part 2)
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Daniela Schwarzer on Europe’s Strategic Conundrums (Part 1)
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Martin Krygier on Anti-Constitutional Populism
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Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani on Israel: Democracy on the Defensive
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Sergei Guriev on the Changing Face of Autocracy
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Guests featured in this episode: Sergei Guriev, Provost of Sciences Po in Paris. He's professor of economics there following an outstanding academic career at the New Economic School in Moscow. He was its Rector until 2013 when he was forced by political circumstances to leave Russia. Between 2016 and 2019, Sergei served as the chief economist of t…
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Mukulika Banerjee on the Cultivation of Democracy in India
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Guests featured in this episode: Mukulika Banerjee, Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science where she was also the inaugural director of its South Asia Centre from 2015 to 2020. Working at the intersection of social anthropology, politics, and history, Mukulika has published widely on South Asia. She edits …
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Ken Opalo on the Prospects of Democracy in Africa
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Ronald Daniels on the Role of Universities in Strengthening Democracy
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Guests featured in this episode: Ronald Daniels, the President of Johns Hopkins University, as well as a board member of the Central European University. His numerous accomplishments include the Order of Canada awarded to him in 2016 and his election as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. During his tenure as President, Johns Hop…
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Shaharzad Akbar on Afghanistan after Democracy
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Guests featured in this episode: Shaharzad Akbar, one of the most prominent among the Afghan democratic opposition voices in exile. She was born in Afghanistan, lived with her family as a refugee in Pakistan during the first Taliban regime for some years and she's the first Afghan woman to earn a postgraduate degree at Oxford University in 2011. Sh…
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Thomas Carothers on Democratic Backsliding in a Comparative Perspective
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Guests featured in this episode: Thomas Carothers, is the Harvey V Feinberg Chair for Democracy Studies and Co-director of the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Trained as a lawyer, he served in the office of the legal advisor of the U.S. State Department before joining The Carnegie Endow…
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Azadeh Moaveni on the Ongoing Iranian Demonstrations Fueled and Led by Women
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Guests featured in this episode: Azadeh Moaveni, the Iranian-American writer and journalist who has been covering the Middle East for more than two decades. A renowned expert on Iran, the Islamic State, as well as Middle East Politics and Islamic society in general, she has focused her work on how women are impacted by political conflicts, and how …
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Ricardo Regatieri on Brazilian Elections: Bolsonarism and Its Aftermath
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Guests featured in this episode: Ricardo Regatieri, professor of sociology at the University of Bahia, Brazil. He also teaches in the Graduate Program in Social Sciences and is one of the leaders of PERIFERICAS – Research Group on Social Theories, Modernities and Colonialities at the same university. Ricardo was a visiting professor at the Universi…
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Charles Taylor on Degenerations and Regenerations of Democracy
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Guests featured in this episode: Charles Taylor, one of the most preeminent contemporary philosophers of our times. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal. He was Fellow of All Souls College and Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University. His remarkably vast oeuvre includes landmark monographs on …
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Craig Calhoun on the Current Crisis of American and Global Democracy and Potential Remedies
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Guests featured on this episode: Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has written on the struggle by students for democracy in China, a book titled "Neither Gods nor Emperors." He has co-authored the volume, "Does Capit…
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