Sydney Democracy Forum
Sydney Democracy Forum Statement of Purpose
The Sydney Democracy Forum supports interdisciplinary discussion among researchers and enhanced dialogue between the research sector and government on all aspects of democracy. Among the issues to be taken up for debate are:
* The conditions for successful democratisation
* The practice and institutions of democracy
* Education for democracy
* Human rights and democracy
* War and democracy
* Terrorism and democracy
The Sydney Democracy Forum convenes lectures, seminars and workshops by local and overseas researchers and policymakers on these and other related issues. Formal membership in the Sydney Democracy Forum is open to researchers, including postgraduates, policymakers and government practitioners. Members of the Forum can participate actively in its program and will have their contact details and research interests posted on its website and be part of an electronic discussion group.
Sydney Democracy Forum and the Institute of Social Sciences
The Institute of Social Sciences operates at the university level to support the activities and performance of the social sciences across the entire University of Sydney.
The Institute provides administrative support to established social science projects and programs, which are cross-disciplinary, across the University. The Sydney Democracy Forum is supported by the Intitute of Social Sciences.
Visiting Professor
Professor John Keane
Sydney Democracy Forum is pleased to welcome Professor John Keane. Born in Australia, John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster and Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin (WZB).
His research interests include the future of global governance; violence and democracy; eighteenth-centry republicanism; and the origins and furture of representative government. Prof. Keane is also a consultant to the United Nations and the 'Evolution of Global Values' project at the University of Lieden.
Prof. Keane is the author of several publications including Violence and Democracy and Global Civil Society?. His most recent publication, Life and Death of Democracy, is due out in August 2009.
More information on Professor Keane can be found at
http://www.johnkeane.net/index.htm
Upcoming Events
* Democracy in the Hard Times Series: Preconditions of Democracy and The Middle East: Prospects for Democracy
Speakers:
Graeme Gill Professor, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
“Democracy and Development: Is economic growth good for democracy?”
Martin Krygier Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory - UNSW
‘The Rule of Law as a precondition of democracy: conceptions and misconceptions.’
Sarah Phillips Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney
‘The Dilemmas of Opposition in the Arab World’
Friday 30 October 2009 3:00pm - 5:00pm
The Refectory, Main Quadrangle Building, University of Sydney
More Details Here
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More Information about the Sydney Democracy Forum
Academic Sponsors
ARC Professorial Fellow Graeme Gill
Department of Government and International Relations
University of Sydney
Phone: +61-2-9351 3090
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Associate Professor Murray Print
Director, Centre for Research and Teaching in Civics
University of Sydney
Phone: +61-2-0351 3202
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Program Coordinator
Zoe Morrison
Insitute of Social Sciences
Phone: +61 2 9114 0837