Democracy Today with an Eye on Tomorrow: A public conversation

Event Name
Democracy Today with an Eye on Tomorrow: A public conversation
Date
19 August 2013
Time
05:00 pm - 07:30 pm
Location
External

Address (Room): Trades Hall Auditorium, 4 Goulburn St, Sydney

Description
The Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney, Catalyst and Unions NSW are delighted to be jointly hosting this exceptional gathering of internationally renowned thinkers for an all too rare public conversation on the questions that are shaking western democracies to their foundations.

Can democracy develop or flourish except as it is bounded, contained and framed by the constitutional state?

Is representative democracy really past its 'used by' date?

Can 'direct' democracy deliver?

Is there a point at which inequality destroys any claim to democracy?

Is there a future for social movements in nurturing social learning and shaping public policy?

This is a free event.

Speakers: Peg Birmingham, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University; Michael Goodhart, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburg; Martin Loughlin, Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics & Political Science; Anna Yeatman, Professorial Fellow at the Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney.

Web page: http://whitlam.org/news_and_events/democracyforum

Contact
Name: Valerie Wilden

info@whitlam.org

Phone: (02) 9685 9187.

School / Department: The Whitlam Institute