Is the U.S. entering a new era of instability?
October 30, 2024 | 6:00PM - 8:00PM
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Online & in-person
Are America’s democratic institutions and traditions strong enough to withstand unprecedented threats? Or are the forces driving authoritarianism too powerful to dispel? What are the implications for Canada and other countries around the world?
Join fellow alumni and U of T political science experts Lucan Way and Janice Stein as they tackle these and other questions posed by the fast-approaching U.S. election.
Be part of the conversation at this fascinating follow-up event to the story featured in University of Toronto Magazine’s autumn issue.
Program
- 6:00pm – Doors open & light refreshments served
- 6:30pm – Panel discussion
- 7:30pm – Panel discussion ends
- 8:00pm – Event concludes
About the speakers
Lucan Way is the Distinguished Professor of Democracy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on global patterns of democracy and dictatorship. His most recent book (with Steven Levitsky), Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism (published in 2022), provides an explanation for the extraordinary durability of autocracies that were born of violent social revolution, such as China, Cuba, and the USSR. He is working on a new book (also with Levitsky) on the resilience of pluralism in an age of backsliding.
Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Founding Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. Her current research focuses on technology and public policy in the context of great power competition