By the end of this year, countries making up half the world’s population will have held elections. But not all of them will have been free and fair. In ‘What’s Wrong with Democracy?’ Professor Ben Ansell of Oxford University will, with the help of academics, journalists, activists and writers, figure out whether democracy is working and how best to preserve democratic freedoms, equality and rights.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Katie Gunning and Ada Barume
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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By the end of this year, countries making up half the world’s population will have held elections. But not all of them will have been free and fair. In ‘What’s Wrong with Democracy?’ Professor Ben Ansell of Oxford University will, with the help of academics, journalists, activists and writers, figure out whether democracy is working and how best to preserve democratic freedoms, equality and rights.
What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by The Open Society Foundations.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Katie Gunning and Ada Barume
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
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The world’s biggest democracy is currently in the middle of an election that will take six weeks to play out and involve over a billion people. Ben Ansell takes a closer look at the state of democracy in India, to try to understand what’s happening elsewhere.
Guests:
Dr Pavi Suryanarayan, Assistant professor at the LSE
Daniel Ziblatt, author of How Democracies Die
Mitali Mukherjee, Director of the Reuters institute’s Journalism programme
What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by The Open Society Foundations.
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Host: Professor Ben Ansell
Producers: Katie Gunning and Ada Barume
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
