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SUMMARY:The Crisis of Democracy?  Evidence from the Post-Communist World -
  Gergana Dimova (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Gergana Dimova
DESCRIPTION:What constitutes the crisis of democracy?  Is the crisis of de
 mocracy imagined or real?  When did democratization in Eastern and Central
  Europe end and the crisis of democracy begin?  Is the crisis of democracy
  in Eastern Europe any different from the crisis of democracy in Western E
 urope?  How can we distinguish between the causes and the consequences of 
 the crisis of democracy? Is democracy in a perpetual crisis?\n\nPanel I: D
 imensions of the Crisis of Democracy\n12.45-2.15pm\n\nDemocracy in Eastern
  Europe: Myth\, Ideology and Reality\nHarald Wydra\, Fellow of St Catharin
 e’s College\, University of Cambridge\n\nEconomy\, Corruption or Promisc
 uous Voters? Explaining the Success of Anti-Establishment Reform Parties i
 n Eastern Europe\nSean Hanley\, Senior Lecturer in East European Politics\
 , University College London\n(co-author Allan Sikk\, Senior Lecturer in Co
 mparative Politics\, University College London)\n\nLegitimacy of Russia’
 s Regime and Trust in Persons vs Institutions\nNikolay Petrov\, Higher Sch
 ool of Economics\, Moscow\, Russia\n\n2.15-2.45pm Refreshments\n\nPanel II
 : Comparisons of the Crises of Democracy \n2.45-4.15pm\nThe Silent Waters 
 are the Deepest? What Does the Lack of Popular Protest Mean for Public Sup
 port for Putin\nRichard Sakwa\, Professor of Russian and European Politics
 \, University of Kent\n\nThe Price of Transition: Reassessing the Bulgaria
 n Experience of Post-Communism\nOgnyan Minchev\, Professor оf Politics\, 
 Sofia University\, Bulgaria\n\nHow Lack of Popular Support Influences Legi
 timacy to Lead: the Case of the Romanian President\nEmanuel Coman\, Fellow
  in Politics\, Nuffield College\, Oxford University\n\n4.15-4.45pm Refresh
 ments\n\nPanel III: Lessons of the Crisis of Democracy  \n4.45-6pm   \nDem
 ocracy: Duality\, Crisis or Reincarnation?\nGergana Dimova\, Fellow in Pol
 itics\, St Catharine’s College\, University of Cambridge\n\nIs Democracy
  in Crisis? Concluding Remarks \nJohn Dunn\, Professor of Politics\, Unive
 rsity of Cambridge\n\n
LOCATION:McGrath Centre\, St Catharine’s College\, University of Cambrid
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