TCAN: Democratic Competition: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, discusses the varieties of political competition across the democratic world. Sponsored by the Yale club.
Prof. Shapiro shows why efforts to reform political parties over the past several decades to make them more democratic have backfired, compounding voter alienation, undermining good governance, and empowering demagogues and other populists. He also explains what needs to be done to reverse the trend. This talk draws from his new book with Frances Rosenbluth: Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself (Yale University Press, 2018).
Prof. Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science, professor of management, professor (adjunct) at the Yale Law School, and Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies.
Cost: $25 at the door
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