BBC Reith lecturer Ben Ansell on the state of democracy
Ben Ansell, a professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford, is the BBC Radio 4’s Reith lecturer for 2023.(Photo credit: Fran Monks)
Ben Ansell is a professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. He’s also the BBC Radio 4’s Reith lecturer for 2023.
On Friday’s edition of “Closer Look,” he talks with Rose about his four lectures titled “Our Democratic Future.”
The lectures were recorded in front of live audiences in Atlanta, London, Berlin and Sunderland. They examine the current state of democracy, security, solidarity and prosperity and explore ways to build equitable political systems amid wide-ranging challenges of the 21st Century.
WABE will air Ansell’s lecture this Saturday at 2 p.m.
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