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Democracy in Question?

Today, liberal democracies are under unprecedented strain from within and without. In each episode, renowned social anthropologist Shalini Randeria invites a leading scholar to explore the challenges and dilemmas facing democracies around the world.

Podcast · By Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy · English · Official site

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  1. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    Gina Romero: Restrictions affecting Right to Assembly and Youth Activism (opens the original)

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    In the first episode of season 12, recorded at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Shalini Randeria speaks with Gina Romero, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Romero examines how authoritarianism, surveillance, criminalisation and funding constraints are shrinking civic space and creating a climate of fear and apathy. The conversation addresses the repression of pro-Palestine activism on university campuses, the challenges facing UN Special Rappo

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