Overview
The SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program is motivated by a concern about whether the core institutions of representative democracies can capably address large problems in the public interest. The program promotes research and dialogue on a range of topics related to democratic functioning, for example asking how democracies can effectively respond to climate change, deal with challenges to national security, and address the political consequences of a changing economy.
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Program Components
Archived
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View all →Event | “Identity, Community, and Political Participation,” a research workshop to develop in-progress or planned research projects on how political participation is fundamentally shaped by individual identity and/or community membership (and vice versa).
Event | “Political Institutions and Challenges to Democracy: America in Comparative Perspective,” a conference on the role of parties, the legislature, the judiciary, the bureaucracy, and other institutions in moments that challenge democracy. Organized with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford.
Event | The Anxieties of Democracy advisory committee meets to assess the program’s progress, review the past year’s events, and discuss new initiatives.
Democracy Papers | Lea Elsässer examines unequal representation in the context of welfare state reforms in Germany, arguing that modern welfare policies are skewed toward upper-income families.
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Staff
Kris-Stella TrumpProgram Director Cole EdickProgram Assistant James KirwanProgram Assistant