Guests: Mike Hardy, Veronika Anghel, and Matt Qvortrup
- 26 February 2019
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Are leaders letting democracy die?
Less than half of the world’s nations are full-fledged democracies today. That’s down from just 20 years ago.
Part of the problem is a nation’s democratic death usually isn’t dramatic or sudden; it’s often a series of subtler, slower moves such as only appointing loyalists to cabinet posts and judgeships, or threatening the press if coverage isn’t towing the party line.
How does this happen in leadership? In this episode, three international thought leaders – Matt Qvortrup, Veronika Anghel, and Mike Hardy – discuss how a growing number of despots, dictators, and demagogues have finessed techniques to undermine democracy…and leadership strategies to strengthen democracies against them.
Professor Mike Hardy CMG OBE FRSA is Founding Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, UK and Board Chair of the International Leadership Association.
Veronika Anghel, is a Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University – Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and an Analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Matt Qvortrup is a Professor of Political Science at Coventry University. His most recent book is Death by a Thousand Cuts: Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy.