Stein Ringen is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, an analyst of democratic functioning and a Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. The Czech translation of his book Nation of Devils: Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience, in which he analyzes the problems of democracy in developed countries, with special attention to the United States and the United Kingdom, was published last year by MUNIPRESS, Brno. The book is available at: http://www.press.muni.cz/knihy/projekty-nakladatelstvi/narod-dablu.
Other recommended sources:
Professor Ringen’s blog: https://thatsdemocracy.com
Article: The Maozedongism of Chinese Politics and the Xi Factor (available at: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2018/04/maozedongism-chinese-politics-xi-factor-180426093144055.html)
Article: When America’s Democracy Needs a Health-Check: Polarization and the Trump Factor (available at: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2018/02/americas-democracy-health-check-polarization-trump-factor-180225110753729.html)
The lecture will take place as part of the Doctoral Student Conference of Sociology, Public and Social Policy and Related Social Sciences.
Foto: https://www.online.muni.cz/udalosti/9153-nova-kniha-munipressu-ukazuje-proc-si-lide-nechaji-vladnout
