The Democracy Group Marc Plattner on Democracy | Democracy Paradox
Marc Plattner is the founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy and the founding codirector of the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies. Until 2016, he also served as NED’s vice president for research and studies, and from 1984 to 1989 he was NED’s director of program. He is the author of Democracy Without Borders? Global Challenges to Liberal Democracy (2008) and of Rousseau’s State of Nature(1979). His essays and reviews on a wide range of international and public policy issues have appeared in numerous books and journals, and he has coedited with Larry Diamond more than two dozen books on contemporary issues relating to democracy in the Journal of Democracy book series.
Key Highlights
- Introduction - 0:48
- Democratic Consensus - 2:32
- Liberalism and Democracy - 10:26
- Democratic Threats - 20:58
- Governance - 28:51
Key Links
"Why Ukraine Is Critical to Rebuilding Our Democratic Consensus" in the Journal of Democracy by Marc Plattner
"Democracy Embattled" in the Journal of Democracy by Marc Plattner
"Liberalism and Democracy: Can’t Have One Without the Other" in Foreign Affairs by Marc Plattner