American Democracy and the Crisis of Majority Rule - Daniel Ziblatt
Channel: UC Berkeley Events
Date: 2023-12-16

Jefferson Memorial Lecture Series - with Daniel Ziblatt 12/06/2023

America’s contemporary democratic predicament is rooted in its historically incomplete democratization. Born in a pre-democratic era, the constitution’s balancing of majority rule and minority rights created still unresolved dilemmas. Placing the U.S. in comparative perspective, this lecture offers new perspectives on what should be “beyond the reach of majorities”– and what should not– making the case for a fuller democracy as antidote to the perils of our age.