The De- and Re-Democratization Workgroup of the CEU Democracy Institute cordially invites you to this public lecture.
Please note that this is a hybrid event: you may join in-person (Budapest campus, Nador u. 15., room 101), or follow it online.
If you would like attend the lecture in-person*, then please register here.
If you would like to follow the lecture online, on Zoom, then please register here.
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ABSTRACT
Jennifer McCoy has been writing about Us vs Them political polarization and its pernicious consequences for democracy around the world. Now she is investigating ways to reduce or manage that polarization while enhancing democratic resilience. She will speak about the broad trends in polarization globally and specific challenges for specific countries to address it, including the U.S. as a uniquely polarized wealthy Western democracy, and challenges for opposition parties facing polarizing and autocratizing incumbents.
THE SPEAKER
Jennifer McCoy is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, Research Affiliate at the CEU Democracy Institute and non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She was a Senior Core Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Budapest, Hungary in spring 2019. McCoy was chosen for the inaugural class of Distinguished University Professorships at Georgia State University in 2013. Specializing in international and comparative politics, Dr. McCoy’s areas of expertise include democratic resilience; democratic erosion and partisan polarization; crisis prevention and conflict resolution; democracy promotion and collective defense of democracy; election processes and international election observation; and Latin American Politics.
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