Book Talk: From Development to Democracy
November 1, 2022 | 12:00PM - 2:00PM
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In-person
'Munk Centre For International Studies - 1 Devonshire Place
Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization—a spectacular record of development that has turned one of the world’s poorest regions into one of its richest. Yet Asia’s record of democratization has been much more uneven, despite the global correlation between development and democracy. Why have some Asian countries become more democratic as they have grown richer, while others—most notably China—haven’t? In From Development to Democracy, Dan Slater and Joseph Wong offer a sweeping and original answer to this crucial question.
On November 1, Dan Slater and Joe Wong were joined by Edward Friedman, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Janice Stein, Professor of Political Science and founding director of the Munk School to discuss From Development to Democracy.
Speakers
Joseph Wong
University of Toronto’s Vice-president, International
Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Dan Slater
John Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science; Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies; Director, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (WCED), University of Michigan
Edward Friedman
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Janice Stein
Professor and Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science