Global Inequality reviews Francis Fukuyama's book, "The Origins of Political Order."
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Francis Fukuyama tells News24 that South Africa must ensure that its institutions are protected and remain committed to its constitution if it is to overcome the last decade and become competitive in the global economy.
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ArtsTalk Magazine reviews Francis Fukuyama's lecture at deBalie in Amsterdam and his discussion of the tension between dignity and democracy.
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In this New York Times opinion piece on the global implications of Trump's leadership, columnist Thomas L. Friedman quotes Larry Diamond who points out that Trump's presence in the White House encourages leader's in African countries, such as Museveni in Uganda, to rule as long and as brutally as they want.
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Read an excerpt of an address delivered by Larry Summers, the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research on February 19, 2019.
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Didi Kuo joins Thomas Carothers<, senior Vice President for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in outlining the ways in which ideas, experiences, and lessons from other countries can magnify reform in the United States.
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The Partially Examined Life interviews Francis Fukuyama on his 2018 book 'Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment.
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Abstract:
Efforts are underway in South Africa to turn around a decade of governance reversal. But progress in addressing an underlying cause of the reversals remains very limited – extreme, racially-tinged inequality, with missing ladders of opportunity into the middle class. In this seminar, Brian Levy will explore some interactions between shortfalls in inclusion and institutional pressures, including an in-depth focus on one key challenge – improving the learning outcomes of South Africa’s poorly performing system of basic education. The findings from his recent co-authored book, The Politics and Governance of Basic Education: A Tale of Two South African Provinces suggest that a narrow focus on ‘fixing the bureaucracy’ can only go so far. Re-balancing focus away from narrowly top-down approaches towards the evocation of agency offers a variety of added possibilities for creative and constructive action.
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Goldman conference room
Encina Hall East, 4th floor
Room E409