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Democracy

Convened by publisher and founding editor Jeffrey Goldfarb and senior editors Elzbieta Matynia and Jeffrey C. Isaac, this world-wide discussion among pro-democracy intellectuals and activists addresses the political, social and cultural obstacles to democratic governance; investigates the rise and appeal of illiberal philosophies and practices; and explores ways for rolling back autocratic politics.

New Forum: The Last Time I Saw Them-on the uses and disadvantages of historical comparisons for life.

Seminar Chairs
Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research

Elzbieta Matynia
Elzbieta Matynia

Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research, Director of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

Jeffrey C. Isaac
Jeffrey C. Isaac

James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington


United States
Hopeful New Year!
January 14, 2021Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
In Memorium
Vesna Kesic
December 31, 2020Elzbieta Matynia
Democracy
The Seamy Side of the Politics of Small Things
December 22, 2020Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Democracy
Oppression, Resistance and High-Tech Totalitarianism
December 16, 2020Teng Biao
Democracy
Disqualifying Instability
December 15, 2020Ewa Letowska
Democracy
On Repression and Resistance
December 8, 2020Aysen Candas
Child Parent Separation
Trumpism and the Banality of Evil
December 4, 2020Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Poland
Poland’s Abortion Ban Protests Are a Harbinger of a Wider Social Movement
November 10, 2020Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz
Democracy
Strategies of Protests from Belarus
November 9, 2020Karolina Koziura, Aliaksandr Bystryk
Election2020
The Day After?
November 9, 2020Jeffrey C. Isaac
Election 2020
The Unfinished Project of Defeating Donald Trump
November 6, 2020Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Election 2020
We Will Be Lucky if Biden Actually Becomes the President-Elect
November 4, 2020Jeffrey C. Isaac

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