Democracy can often be knocked off course by political violence, but in some places it’s become an ingrained part of how politics is done. This week Ben wants to find out why violence and democracy can be so hard to separate, and how to stop violence taking hold of our politics in the first place.
Guests:
Arunima Kar, Freelance journalist based in Kolkata
Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University, and author of ‘Towards a Philosophy of Narco Violence in Mexico’
Hannah Philips, policy researcher at the University of Oxford and Civility Commission Manager at the Jo Cox Foundation
What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open Society Foundations.
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