The Danube Institute announces it’s latest offering in the 2016-2017 program:
On February 23, we will host an conference on the topic
Debating Democracy
in which distinguished speakers will examine the series of recent developments that together have raised the question, “What is democracy?”.
Registration is required. Please register here:http://danubeinstitute.hu/
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The speakers include:
Professor Ryszard Legutko, MEP, author of “The Demon in Democracy”;
Charles Crawford, former U. K. Ambassador to Poland, author of “Speeches for Leaders”;
Dr. John Fonte, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for American Common Culture at the Hudson
Institute author, “Sovereignty or Submission”;
David Satter, journalist, film maker and author of “The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep”;
Miriam Lexmann, International Republican Institute;
György Schöpflin, MEP, former Jean Monnet professor of politics, University College London;
Professor Norman Stone, academic, historian and author
numerous histories, including, “The Atlantic and Its Enemies”.
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These questions include:
• What explains the rise of populism? Is it democratic?
• What is illiberal democracy? How does it differ from majoritarian
democracy?
• What is post-democracy? How does it it differ from liberal
democracy?
• Can global governance be democratic?
• Is liberal democracy really the ‘end of history’?
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Programme
REGISTRATION
08:30-09:00
INTRODUCTION
9:00-9:10
SPEAKER — JOHN O’SULLIVAN
DEBATING DEMOCRACY-AN OVERVIEW
9:15-10:00
SPEAKER — JOHN FONTE, HUDSON INSTITUTE
CONFUSING DEMOCRACY—RUSSIA, CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE WEST
10:00-11:15
SPEAKER — DAVID SATTER
RESPONDENTS — PROFESSOR NORMAN STONE, AND MIRIAM LEXMANN OF IRI
COFFEE BREAK
11:15-11:45
DEMOCRACY, POPULISM AND BREXIT—BRITAIN AND EUROPE
11:45-1:15
SPEAKER — CHARLES CRAWFORD
RESPONDENT—TBD
LUNCHEON
LUNCHEON ADDRESS: “THE DEMON IN DEMOCRACY”
1:15-3:00
PROFESSOR RYSZARD LEGUTKO, MEP - 30 MIN
RESPONDENT, GYÖRGY SCHÖPFLIN, MEP
Q & A
Attendance is limited. Registration is required. Please register here:
http://danubeinstitute.hu/
Date: February 23, 2017
Location: Benczúr Ház, Benczúr u. 27, 1068, Budapest, Hungary
