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Dr. Elena Ziliotti is an Assistant Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the Delft University of Technology. She works on Comparative political theory, focusing on debates in contemporary Confucian and Western political theory. She is the author of Meritocratic Democracy: A Cross-Cultural Political Theory.

In this episode, we focus on Meritocratic Democracy. We start by talking about the premise of the book, and what democracy means for political scientists and political philosophers. We talk about Western political theory and Confucian political theory. We discuss how political parties work, political meritocracy and its shortcomings, meritocratic democracy, the role of political leaders, and meritocratic screenings. Finally, we discuss the value of cross-cultural political debates.

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