Experts in Global Governance: Powerful Technocrats or Useful Idiots?
By Johan Christensen – This post reflects on the two competing narratives about the role of experts in governance raise very different democratic concerns.
Tag: democracy
Democracy against, across, or for sovereign politics
By Juho Korhonen – There is a mismatch between our analyses of democracy and its historically varied manifestations. By considering alternative cases we may discover some of the historical baggage and resulting restrictions inherent in the prevalent model for democratic politics that is reproduced through the ways in which we tend to analyze democracy.
COVID-19 reveals the fragility of our values
By Adam Przeworski – Democratic governments have implemented measures similar to those by autocracies in response to the pandemic. Are these value trade-offs temporary experiments, or will they be here to stay?
Life in the time of COVID: First reactions, future directions
By Adam Przeworski – This piece reflects on the various events brought on by coronavirus and speculates on their long-term consequences. It contemplates the state of our beliefs, liberalism, institutions, geopolitics, risk, and science in times of COVID-19.
Why Synchronise National Electoral Cycles?
By Grégoire Mallard –
With voters increasingly dissatisfied with their political leaders and institutions, it’s time to re-think national elections.