Speaker Series on Lessons for Democracy from the Global South

Description

Takeaways for the US from recent elections in India, Mexico and South Africa. The Series features talks by distinguished scholars and policymakers with the goal of fostering discussions about successes and challenges in the field of poverty alleviation.

Democracy today faces a myriad of challenges but unexpected outcomes in recent elections bear promise for democratic futures. This event will provide an analysis of the state of global democracy, focusing on recent historic elections in India, Mexico, and South Africa. Speakers will examine surprises from these elections and what they signal about the ground-level realities of democracy. Lessons learned from elections in these countries will enable an exploration of prospects in the forthcoming elections in the United States.

Panelists: Daniel de Kadt, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Research Methods at the London School of Economics; Jennifer Piscopo, Professor of Gender and Politics at Royal Holloway University of London; Milan Vaishnav, Director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Moderator: Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Faculty Affiliate at the King Center on Global Development