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Pandemic Power: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique
Episode 20
In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sat down with Muriel Blaive to talk about her new book with CEU Press, Pandemic Power: The Covid Res…
1 year, 6 months ago
James Davison Hunter, "Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis" (Yale UP, 2024)
Episode 139
Liberal democracy in America has always contained contradictions—most notably, a noble but abstract commitment to freedom, justice, and equality that…
1 year, 6 months ago
Matthew D'Auria et al., "The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 530
The origins and nature of nationhood and nationalism continue to be topics of heated scholarly debate. This major new reference work with contributio…
1 year, 6 months ago
Benjamin M. Studebaker, "Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
Episode 206
Liberal democracies don’t age gracefully. Established systems of governance like those of the UK and the US which once served as blueprints are today…
1 year, 6 months ago
Adam J. Berinsky, "Political Rumors: Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Episode 150
Political rumors and misinformation pollute the political landscape. This is not a recent phenomenon; before the currently rampant and unfounded rumo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Eric Min, "Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Episode 262
Of all interstate conflicts across the last two centuries, two-thirds have ended through negotiated agreement. Wartime diplomacy is thus commonly see…
1 year, 6 months ago
Frances Yaping Wang, "The Art of State Persuasion: China's Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 263
Why do nations actively publicize previously overlooked disputes? And why does this domestic mobilization sometimes fail to result in aggressive poli…
1 year, 6 months ago
Populism, Power, and the Crisis of Globalism: A Conversation with Wolfgang Streeck
Episode 166
What explains the growing divide between elites and the broader public in democracies across Europe and the United States? In this episode of Interna…
1 year, 6 months ago
Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship: A Discussion with Alexander Lee and Jack Paine
Episode 27
The debate about the impact of colonialism on the prospects for democracy and development continues to rage. Was the legacy of colonialism equally de…
1 year, 6 months ago
We Have Never Been Woke: A Conversation with Musa al-Gharbi
Episode 523
Why does occupation reliably predict political leanings? What is social capitalism, and how does it span income classes? If social capitalists are si…
1 year, 6 months ago