Saturday, April 27, 2024

Recent Digital Publications

C21 Blog

Director’s Farewell Note

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When I am out and about, as I often am, and people ask, “what are you doing now?” I say:   “I direct UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies.”   Inevitably there is a pause.   A squint.   And a “what’s that?”  Certainly, the reputation of C20 and then C21, which is now 56 years old...
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Transformative events and (Dis)Trust in District Council Election of Hong Kong before and after China’s Crackdown of the Democratic Movement 

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Steve Chan1 and Charles Wong2  Introduction  Elections are not enough to guarantee democracy. Rather, authoritarian regimes may use voting to whitewash their manipulation of the polity. This paper analyses the sharp contrast in the two District Council elections of Hong Kong in 2019 and 2023. The rise of the Anti-Extradition Law...
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Human-centered Universities for Twenty-First Century Democratic Societies:  Learning to Trust, Engage, and Innovate 

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By Olga Koulisis, PhD America’s bold eighteenth-century experiment in professed human equality is on trial, once again.  Equality, moderation, and pluralism, mainstays of celebrated American political rhetoric and battlegrounds of U.S. political development, again have become ideas non grata for some who encourage a twenty-first century politics of elitism, extremism, and...
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Interactive Book Club

The Interactive Book Club serves as an extension of our Interactive Symposia for those interested in learning more about the topics included under our current themes.

For each roundtable, our guests will provide book recommendations, discussion questions, and supplemental material to help explore the issues in classrooms and discussion groups.

Check out our Trust & The Vote Book Club by clicking the image below!

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