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Illiberal Democracy in Unstable Times: the perils of democracy in Central & Eastern Europe

Recent legislation in Hungary targeting the Central European University, following on the heels of a creeping authoritarianism in several Central European countries, has raised the spectre of an ‘Illiberal democracy”

Experts on the region discuss these recent developments and what they imply for politics and society.  

Speakers

  • Professor Miklos Haraszti
  • Dr Denisa Kostovicova
  • Professor Jan Zielonka

Recorded on 18 May 2017 in the Alumni theatre 

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Miklos Haraszti is a Hungarian author, professor, and human rights promoter. He is Visiting Professor and Director of Research on Human Rights at Central European University. 

Denisa Kostovicova is an Associate Professor in Global Politics at the Government Department and a Research Fellow at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the Department of International Development at the LSE.

Jan Zielonka is Professor of European Politics and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow at St Anthony’s College, Oxford University. 
Jennifer Jackson-Preece is Associate Professor in Nationalism in Europe and Deputy Head of the European Institute, LSE.