Despots, democrats and discontents
Anthony Bubalo , Niraja Gopal Jayal , John Keane
Summary: The Lowy Institute, in cooperation with the Sydney Democracy Forum, explored the state of West Asian democracy in a panel discussion held on Tuesday 2 October, 2007 at the Institute. The session compared and contrasted two different ends of the democratic spectrum in the region. It assessed the state of the region and the world’s largest democracy, India, and it explored democratic prospects in Egypt, a country that had, until recently, been lauded by the US government as an example of positive, if incremental, political reform. The session also explored the role of the international community in fostering democratisation in this strategically critical region. The panel speakers were Anthony Bubalo, Niraja Gopal Jayal and John Keane.
The presentations from the seminar can be heard: [download audio here] or [Back up file here]
Audio Archive
in Our Time - The Statue of Liberty
The French Revolution; a British Problem
What's happening to democracy?
Mornings with Margaret Throsby ABC Classic FM
ABC National Summer: Thomas Paine
Does Democracy have a violent heart?
Despots, democrats and discontents
The Twenty-First Century Enemies of Democracy
The strange origins of representative democracy
