Susan Stokes: 'What Explains Democratic Erosion and How Can It Be Stopped?'

Join us for the inaugural event of Dialogues on Democratic Resilience, a talk series organised in collaboration with the Centre for Public Law of the University of Cambridge.

On 12 November from 5-6.30pm (UK time), Professor Susan Stokes will present on 'What Explains Democratic Erosion and How Can It Be Stopped?'.

About the speaker: Susan Stokes is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. Her research and teaching interests include democratic theory and how democracy functions in developing societies, distributive politics, and comparative political behavior. Her single and co-authored books include Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America (2001), Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics (2013), and Why Bother? Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests (2019).

About the Dialogues: The Dialogues on Democratic Resilience series provides a platform for scholars, students, and members of the general public to examine the causes and dynamics of democratic decline and to explore strategies for strengthening democratic institutions. Interdisciplinary in scope, the series places particular emphasis on the role of law and legal institutions, investigating how they can both contribute to democratic erosion and function as vital safeguards against it.