Real Existing Democracy without Parties?

Type: 
Lecture
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Room: 
Popper Room
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 3:30pm
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Date: 
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

The Department of Political Science cordially invites you to the lecture 

Real-Existing Democracy without Parties?

delivered by

Philippe C. Schmitter
Emeritus professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute &
Visiting professor, Department of Political Sciences, Central European University

Chair: Zsolt Enyedi, Department of Political Science, CEU,

Date: February 22, 2013 – 15.30,

Venue: CEU, Nádor u. 9, Popper Room.

Professor Philippe C. Schmitter has been successively assistant professor, associate professor and professor in the Politics Department of the University of Chicago, then at the European University Institute and at Stanford. He is now Emeritus of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute. He has published books and articles on comparative politics, on regional integration in Western Europe and Latin America, on the transition from authoritarian rule in Southern Europe and Latin America, and on the intermediation of class, sectoral and professional interests. His current work is on the political characteristics of the emerging Euro-polity, on the consolidation of democracy in Southern and Eastern countries, and on the possibility of post-liberal democracy in Western Europe and North America.