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A New World of Authoritarian Welfare?

A New World of Authoritarian Welfare?

Hybrid public panel

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March 12, 16:00 EST 

Democracy and social welfare have long been seen as mutually reinforcing, but the connection is anything but universal or automatic. With illiberal and autocratic leaders around the world offering more generous welfare policies to consolidate their power, do we need to rethink the relationships between democracy, authoritarianism, and welfare? Experts on Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, and Asia tackle this topic from different world-regions and multiple analytical perspectives.

A New World of Authoritarian Welfare?

Democracy and social welfare have long been seen as mutually reinforcing, but the connection is anything but universal or automatic. With illiberal and autocratic leaders around the world offering more generous welfare policies to consolidate their power, do we need to rethink the relationships between democracy, authoritarianism, and welfare? Experts on Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, and Asia tackle this topic from different world regions and multiple analytical perspectives.

Moderator

Panelists:

  • Burak Gürel (Koç University)
  • Linda Cook (Brown University)
  • Candelaria Garay (Cornell University)
  • Dorit Geva (University of Vienna)
  • Joseph Wong (University of Toronto)

In collaboration with the Center for Emerging Democracies (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA), co-sponsored by the Open Society Foundations and CEU Democracy Institute

In-person at Space 2435, North Quad, 105 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

On Zoom, Zoom registration: https://myumi.ch/8qVGq

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