UCL Uncovering Politics

What does a healthy democracy look like?

Episode Summary

This week we ask what makes for a healthy democracy. How should we even go about seeking an answer to that question? And what conclusions might we reach when we do?

Episode Notes

In this episode, host Alan Renwick explores the principles of democracy and how political institutions might be organised to deliver more effectively on democratic values.

Our guest is Claudia Landwehr, Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, who recently visited UCL to work on a book addressing these fundamental questions.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Democracy for Real People: Institutional Design for Equal Deliberative Responsiveness by Claudia Landwehr and Armin Schäfer. Forthcoming.