Challenges of Democracy/What Makes Democracy Succeed or Fail?panel 1
Challenges of Democracy: Eruption and Erosion
International Conference
October 25-27, 2011
In cooperation with Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
What Makes Democracies Succeed or Fail?
Panel I
Chair: Dr. Angelika Timm
Speakers:
Dr. Walid Salem , What Makes Democracies Succed or Fail: The Arab Revolutions from a Palestinian Perspective
Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld, The Role of the New Media in the Arab Spring: Some Initial Propositions
Prof. Naomi Chazan, Democratic Robustness: The Civil Society Factor
Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Context and Social Conditions of Democratic Transitions: A Comparative Overview (recording not available as requested by speaker)