Today, democracy is first and foremost associated with competitive elections. However, this has not always been the case. From Ancient Greece to the medieval city-republics, democracy was associated with other practices and institutions related to deliberation, negotiation, and discussion.
Researcher Agustín Goenaga’s work has analyzed how citizens view and respond to other democratic practices, especially those related to public deliberation.
Welcome to this Crafoord seminar, where he will present the results of past and ongoing research funded by the Crafoord Foundation. He has measured changes in the quality of public debate around world in the past two decades and will present how those changes have affected citizens’ attitudes towards democracy.