Track Code
RC13
Track Chairs
Dr. Adam Szymanski
Dr. Mithila Bagai
Prof. Renata Mienkowska Norkiene
Deals with the basic conditions of democracy, but also the more specific aspects of the recent “wave”, in a systematic comparative manner. The present focus in on the historical and cultural particularities of this process in the major regions of the world (ie Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe, thus far). Further work will concentrate on the theoretical implications of these processes and the risks and chances for a further consolidation and deepening of democracy in all parts of the world.
Open Panels
- After Autocratization: Successful Resistance and the Challenge of Re-democratization
Chair: Dr. Laura Gamboa - Barriers and Pathways to Inclusive Democracy
Chair: Dr. Stacey-Ann Wilson - Democracy in South Asia : Potential and Perils
Chair: Dr. Rana Abo Amra - Democratic Deficits in South Asia: A Comparative Study of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Chair: Prof. Hamdy Hassan - Democratic enclaves in autocratising political regimes: case of cities
Chair: Dr. Adam Szymanski - Democratic Transitions of South Asia: Endogenous and Exogenous Determinants and Future Paths to Democratic Development
Chair: Prof. Sojin Shin - Enhancing the Resilience of Democratic Administrative Cultures to Resist Autocratization
Chair: Dr. Ranjithkumar A - Federalism and Democracy
Chair: Dr. Soeren Keil - Food Democracy and Political Agroecology in the Global North and South. How to Achieve Food Sovereignty in a Polarized World?
Chair: Prof. Juan Antonio Zornoza Bonilla - Fragile democratic consolidation and the institutional role of the electoral process
Chair: Dr. Rana Abo Amra - PANEL REGIMEN: Crisis as Transition Tools in society, politics and international relations
Chair: Dr. Nikolas Kouloglou - Resisting Polarization in Fragmented Societies: Lessons Learned From and Shared Between Africa and Latin America
Chair: Dr. Charlie Mballa - Soutenir et résister à l’autocratisation en contexte africain : ressorts actoriels, usages et effets de fragilisation et de catégorisation.
Chair: Dr. Prisca Helene Assiene Bissossoli - The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media: Threats to Democratic Governance
Chair: Prof. Inderjeet Singh Sodhi - The Future of Democracy in Africa Amidst Rising Military Coups
Chair: Dr. Herbert Mba Aki - The New Democratic Landscape and the Contemporary Democratic Crisis
Chair: Dr. Mithila Bagai - The Resurgence of Coups: A Global Threat to Democracy
Chair: Dr. Sumant Kumar - The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Resisting Autocratization
Chair: Dr. Agnieszka Bejma - Understanding Pathways to Autocratization and Their Consequences: Theoretical and Global Insights
Chair: Prof. Marie-Eve Desrosiers
