Democracy in Question?

Conversations on global democratic challenges and institutional renewal AI summary

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy Visit website › Government · EN · 114 episodes · latest 2026-11-11

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Today, liberal democracies are under unprecedented strain from within and without. In each episode, renowned social anthropologist Shalini Randeria invites a leading scholar to explore the challenges and dilemmas facing democracies around the world. They investigate what needs to be done to ensure the future well-being of our democratic institutions and practices.

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Graduate Institute Geneva - 2021

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  1. 2026-11-11 · 56 min · Season 12, episode 3

    In this episode of Democracy in Question, youth organizer Lauren Maness joins Shalini Randeria to discuss what the U.S. midterm elections reveal about voters’ appetite for structural change. Drawing on her experience…

  2. 2026-10-07 · 45 min · Season 12, episode 2

    In this episode of *Democracy in Question*, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa joins Shalini Randeria to examine how digital platforms have transformed journalism and accelerated democratic decline.…

  3. 2026-09-09 · 46 min · Season 12, episode 1

    In the first episode of season 12, recorded at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Shalini Randeria speaks with Gina Romero, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Romero…

  4. 2026-06-10 · 43 min · Season 11, episode 10

    In this episode of Democracy in Question, Shalini Randeria speaks with Austrian-German activist and philanthropist Marlene Engelhorn about inherited wealth, democratic legitimacy, and the concentration of power in…

  5. 2026-05-13 · 53 min · Season 11, episode 9

    In this episode, Shalini Randeria speaks with political theorist Pratap Bhanu Mehta about the global rise of civilizational narratives — from India and China to Russia, Turkey, and parts of the U.S. They explore why…

  6. 2026-04-22 · 50 min · Season 11, episode 8

    In this episode of Democracy in Question, host Shalini Randeria speaks with political scientist Zsolt Enyedi about the landmark 2026 Hungarian elections, which ended Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule. The conversation…

  7. 2026-03-11 · 57 min · Season 11, episode 7

    In this episode of Democracy in Question, host Shalini Randeria speaks with Aishwary Kumar, Professor of History of Political Thought and Institutions at Cal Polyoma California, and director of its Democracy Institute,…

  8. 2026-02-11 · 44 min · Season 11, episode 6

    This episode revisits Sri Lanka’s dramatic 2022 Aragalaya uprising to understand how decades of post independence “ethnocratic elite democracy” set the stage for mass mobilization against the Rajapaksa regime. Why did a…

  9. 2026-01-14 · 49 min · Season 11, episode 5

    This episode explores how Hungary’s illiberal, soft authoritarian regime and its controversial gender politics and policies are intertwined. Drawing on Éva Fodor’s analysis of the regime’s distinctive features, it…

  10. 2025-12-10 · 57 min · Season 11, episode 4

    This episode examines how global anxieties around fertility and population change continue to shape reproductive politics. Why do governments still target women’s bodies—whether to raise or restrict birth rates—and how…

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Owner
Graduate Institute, Geneva
Oldest episode in feed
09/2020 · over 6 years
Typical length
40 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords
democracy

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