Democracy IDEAs
Jul 9, 2020
Lawmaking in times of COVID-19
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International IDEA’s Director of Global Programs Laura Thornton talks to Justin Wein, chief of staff of U.S. Congressman David Price about ways in which their office has adapted in the COVID-19 environment.
How have they conducted outreach, adjusted their communications strategy, managed casework, and participated in legislative activities and committee meetings?
Host: Laura Thornton, Director of Global Programs at International IDEA
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Nov 20, 2023
Thailand: A decade of struggling for the return to democracy
The 'Global State of Democracy 2023 Report – The New Checks and Balances' highlighted that there are trends of contraction around the world, but also bright spots of hope. A day after International IDEA’s #GSoD2023 Global Launch event, Marcus Brand, Head of International IDEA’s Myanmar Programme talked to Kunthida Rungruengkiat, Director of the Progressive Movement Foundation about the state of democracy in Thailand.
Is Thailand an example of contracting democracy? Is it even a democratic system? And what are the lessons of the past 10 years of struggling for the return to democracy?
*Guest:* Kunthida Rungruengkiat, Director of the Progressive Movement Foundation
*Host:* Marcus Brand, Head of International IDEA’s Myanmar Programme
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Oct 25, 2023
Legitimult: Making democracy crisis-proof
Drawing from the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic the LEGITIMULT (Legitimate Crisis Governance in Multilevel Systems) project aims to identify a model of political legitimate crisis governance that takes into account the interplay between international, national, regional and local governments and institutions.
Its guiding research question “Which conditions contribute to democratically legitimate crisis governance?” will allow governments and policy makers to better face the crises of the future. The aim is not only to have effective responses, but that these measures respect and guarantee basic human rights and freedoms.
This is the first of a three-episode series featuring LEGITIMULT, its findings and tools for addressing and solving future crises.
LEGITIMULT is funded through Horizon Europe and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
*Host:* Miguel Angel Lara Otaola. Senior Advisor for Democracy Assessment at International IDEA.
*Guests:*
* Eva Maria Belser – Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Co-Director of the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg.
* Francesco Palermo- Professor of Comparative Public Law and Director of the Institute for Comparative Federalism at EURAC
* Lucia Radici- Project Manager for Legitimult at EURAC
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Oct 2, 2023
Claroscuros de la democracia en América Latina
Hace 45 años de que la tercera ola de la democracia bañara las costas de América Latina. Se perciben grandes avances, y hoy las elecciones competitivas son la regla en la región, a excepción de Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela.
Sin embargo, la última década ha traído un descontento generalizado con la democracia, que en ocasiones da paso a que triunfe el canto de sirenas del populismo autoritario. Este podcast explica cuáles son los retos de la democracia en la región y qué podemos hacer como ciudadanos para defender la democracia y las libertades que tanto nos costó conseguir.
Yasnaya Guibert, oficial de Comunicaciones en IDEA Internacional y Miguel Ángel Lara Otaola, oficial de programa sénior en la unidad de Evaluación de la democracia, conversan sobre la democracia en América Latina y el Caribe.
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