What's So Good About Democracy?
Matthew Sweet asks guests including three politics professors Melissa Lane, Hugo Drochon and Teresa Bejan whether democratic government rule is working.
Is democracy in crisis? From anarchic social media to the rise of authoritarianism, Mathew Sweet and guests give our political system a full MOT, from the basics of democratic theory to questions about how it should run from day-to-day.
With:
Hugo Drochon, is an Associate Professor in Political Theory at the University of Nottingham. His latest book is Elites & Democracy
Teresa Bejan, is a Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford. Her latest book is First Among Equals: Visions Of Equality Before Egalitarianism
Melissa Lane, is a Professor at Princeton teaching classics and philosophy. Her latest book is Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political
Producer: Luke Mulhall
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- Today 21:00BBC Radio 4
Discussions and talks from the Free Thinking Festival 2019
Angry politics, what we can’t say, being diplomatic, weeping, emotion in music, film & TV
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Angry politics, what we can’t say, being diplomatic, weeping, emotion in music, film & TV
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