Democracy and the Welfare State: A Conversation

PROGRAM

WELCOME ADDRESS:

Brunhilde Biebuyck (Columbia Global Center in Paris)

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS:

Maurizio Vaudagna and Alice Kessler-Harris

PANEL and DISCUSSION: 

Mario Del Pero (SciencesPo,Paris):  Chair

Nicolas Delalande (SciencesPo,Paris)

Unequal Democracies: the Popular Roots of Austerity Policies in the Two Wests

Christian Lammert (Free University of Berlin)

The Welfare State and the Crisis of Democracy: Paths into the Crisis and Ways Out!

Vincent Michelot (University of Lyon2)

The Welfare State in the Age of Weak Parties and Executive-Centered Régimes: a Comparative, French/US Approach

Birte Siim (University of Aarlborg)

Struggles about Democracy and the Welfare State – Contending with Populism.

CONCLUDING REMARKS:

Alice Kessler Harris and Maurizio Vaudagna

5:30-7:00 PM: RECEPTION