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Democratic Backsliding and Academic Freedom I: A Macro-Perspective

Thu, September 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Salon AB

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The past decade has been characterized by a notable decline in democratic freedoms around the world – not just in third wave democracies, but also in more established ones such as the United States of America. A new wave of populism, mostly on the far-right of the political spectrum, and a proliferation of far-right demagogues in positions of power, sometimes even as heads-of-state, has led to prominent attacks on established institutions of democracy, among them academic freedom.

The two IPSA-sponsored panels address this phenomenon of democratic backsliding and its consequences for academic freedom from a multiplicity of perspectives. The first one, Democratic Backsliding and Academic Freedom I, addresses the issue from a macro perspective, whereas the second panel, Democratic Backsliding and Academic Freedom II, look at different case studies, among them the United States, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, and Brazil.

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