A nation must think before it acts.
10:00 am – Welcome and Introduction
Jeffrey Green, Andrea Mitchell Center Director
Mitchell Orenstein, “Democracy in Trouble?” Planning Committee Chair
10:15 am – Why do Democracies Fail?
Steven Levitsky, Harvard University
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
Moderator: Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
12:30 pm – Keynote Speaker
Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University
2:15 pm – Why is Authoritarianism Suddenly Appealing?
Cas Mudde, University of Georgia
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University
Moderator: Mitchell Orenstein, FPRI; University of Pennyslvania
4:00 pm – Is Democracy Worth Saving? A Debate
Jason Brennan, Georgetown University
Hélène Landemore, Yale University
Moderator: Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico, 2012-2016
The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy aims not just to promote, but to understand, democracy. Global in its outlook, multifaceted in its purposes, the Mitchell Center seeks to contribute to the ongoing quest for democratic values, ideas, and institutions throughout the world. In addition to hosting speakers from the fields of academia, journalism, politics, and public policy, the Mitchell Center supports undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral research. It continues the legacy of the Penn Program for Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism, which fostered interdisciplinary scholarship from 2007 to 2017.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia. PA. US. 19104
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