The public lecture “A Return to Basic Research in the Study of Democracy” by Prof. Jean-Paul Gagnon (Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra) took place on September 13, 2018 at the University of Zurich. You can find the video of the event below. We thank the Chair of Political Philosophy and the Chair of Democracy and Public Governance of the University of Zurich for their support, as well as the Peer-Group poliTics (ETH/UZH) for offering the following apéro. The lecture took place in the framework of the DemocracyNet research workshop “Democratic Participation: theoretical and empirical perspectives.”
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Research workshop: “Democratic participation”
What can be considered “political participation”? How should researchers approach democratic participation, both theoretically and empirically? What forms of participation are necessary for democratic systems? What is the relationship between participation and democratic decision-making? How can desirable forms of participation be promoted? Where are the limits to democratic participation? Who is excluded from political participation? These and other questions will be explored on September 13 and 14, 2018, by the participants to the research workshop “Democratic Participation: theoretical and empirical perspectives” Full program here The workshop is co-organized by DemocracyNet and the Doctoral Program Democracy Studies of the University of Zurich. The first day of the workshop will be followed…