Today, liberal democracies are under unprecedented strain from within and without. In each episode, renowned social anthropologist Shalini Randeria invites a leading... more
What are the causes and consequences of democratic decline worldwide over the course of the last two decades? Has democracy... more
The ongoing protests in the past months have rocked Iran to its core. What began as a wave of street... more
How has the success of an extreme authoritarian figure like Bolsonaro been enabled by the political field in Brazil? What... more
Why is democracy prone to degeneration, and how does this affect our conventional notions of democracy itself? Do we usually... more
U.S. American democracy is exhibiting symptoms of decline or even of degeneration given the continuing denial of the results of... more
In this episode Shalini and her guest discuss the changing valances of civil society over the last few decades. How... more
Since populism became widespread in parts of Latin America, was it mistakenly seen as foreign to Euro-American liberal democracy, and... more
How and why did the idea of calling for the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the crimes of... more
The causes of the current societal, economic, and political crisis in Sri Lanka are complex. The immediate roots of the... more
The U.S. is in the midst of an ongoing coup, there is a real threat of fascist tendencies in the... more