April 2017 Issue of the Journal of Democracy
The April 2017 issue features a series of articles on the 2016 U.S. Election and the state of democracy in the United States, as well as articles on democracy in Ghana, Southeast Asia, Nicaragua, and more.
Media Freedom: The Struggle From the Front Lines
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
As we celebrated World Press Freedom Day, the Center for International Media Assistance and the International Forum for Democratic Studies heard from those who know the complex challenges facing press freedom best: the media professionals battling every day for the right to free and independent speech in illiberal settings around the world.
Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Alexander Cooley examines how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia’s supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers.
Beyond the Great Firewall
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Discussants delved into China's unprecedented attempts to harness the global information ecosystem, primarily through three avenues: shaping international news media, guiding the evolution of the global internet, and influencing global culture through Hollywood.
The Promise of Constitutionalism: Supporting Democracy...
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
In light of the rise of populist views in the region, Professor Michael C. Davis argues promoting core constitutional values is vital to sustaining democracy and human rights in Asia.
Stability and Progress in the Western Balkans: Threats,...
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Leading experts on the Balkans discussed the future of the region and potential conflicts and solutions to present day challenges.
Young Women’s Political Participation in Zimbabwe: A...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Zimbabwean women’s rights advocate and Reagan Fascell Fellow Glanis Changachirere explored the difficulties young women face and the strategies her organization, the Institute for Young Women Development, has used to combat these challenges.
The Signs of Democratic Deconsolidation
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
In a widely discussed article in the July 2016 issue of the Journal of Democracy, Yascha Mounk and Roberto Stefan Foa explored the concept of democratic deconsolidation.
“The Signs of Deconsolidation”: Pre-Release Journal of Democracy...
Building on their earlier article, "The Danger of Deconsolidation: The Democratic Disconnect," in the July 2016 Journal of Democracy, Roberto Foa and Yascha Mounk argue in the January 2017 Journal of Democracy...
13th Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture: The Crisis of...
06:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Dr. Ghia Nodia of the Ilia Chavchavadze State University in Georgia delivered the 13th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World.
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