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The latest episode of the Democracy in Question podcast, hosted by CEU President and Rector Shalini Randeria, features Johanna Lutz, director of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation s Democracy of the Future program in the OSCE region office in Vienna. Lutz served as deputy head of the foundation s EU office in Brussels and also presided over the network of political foundations in Brussels. With a background in political science and public law, Lutz has lived and worked in Germany, Egypt and Brazil. Her most recent publications include the co-authored article “In Europe, Democracy Erodes From the Right” in the Journal of Democracy, and the report “Identity, Partisanship, Polarization: How Democratically Elected Politicians Get Away with Autocratizing Their Country”.
In this episode Johanna Lutz on Identity, Partisanship and the Vulnerabilities of Democracy  released on October 23, Randeria and her guest explore advances made by the far-right in Austria and in Germany and examine crucial factors raised by Lutz’s recent report on identity, partisanship and polarization. What are the unexpected convergences and similarities across European countries? And what are the implications of the findings on the contested notion of illiberal democracy? Listen to hear about the challenge of mobilizing disaffected voters and what characterizes identity-democracy tradeoffs. For each episode of Democracy in Question, Randeria invites a leading scholar or public figure to explore the challenges and dilemmas facing democracies around the world. Listen to the trailer and subscribe here. Series nine of Democracy in Question is produced in partnership with the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Graduate Institute in Geneva (AHCD) where Randeria is a Senior Fellow. ACHD and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna co-produced seasons one and two of the podcast. Unit: The Office of the President and RectorCategory: Podcast: Democracy in Question with CEU President and Rector Shalini RanderiaNewsImage: Content Priority: Top

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