Democracy and Governance
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As major events and dynamics shape and reshape countries’ position on the international scene, understanding and analysing the UK’s evolving role as a democracy is ever more pertinent. Agora’s Democracy and Governance Programme provides a platform to share ideas and discuss the UK’s agenda and behaviour as a democracy promoting a liberal democratic model of governance. Key research areas include the UK’s democratisation and nation-building foreign policy agenda, its relations with non-democratic countries, and its position on the world stage as a G7 democratic power. Given developments in recent years, we are actively keen to further examine the UK’s responses to geopolitical developments and contemporary events, analysing how these responses shape foreign policy development.
We explore what is understood by democracy and the rule of law, analyse different models around the world, and aim to generate debates on the place of democracy and democratic governance in the UK’s foreign policy agenda and international relations. The programme also examines case studies from various countries with regards to democratic reforms and participation-driven developments.
You can see some of our previous work here.
The Democracy and Governance programme can be e-mailed at [email protected].
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