PPE Speaker Series: “Angry Populist Politics: Why It Is Happening and What to Do About It” with Ian Shapiro (Yale)

Abstract:

Since 2016, there has been a dramatic erosion of support for establishment candidates and parties in favor of populist and even anti-system ones in many countries. Why? Ian Shapiro will answer that question, explain why many proposed remedies either have no effect or make things worse, and outline better responses.

Speaker Bio:

Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at Yale University. He has written widely and influentially on democracy, justice, and the methods of social inquiry. A native of South Africa, he received his J.D. from the Yale Law School and his Ph.D. from the Yale Political Science Department where he has taught since 1984 and served as chair from 1999 to 2004. His most recent books are Politics Against Domination (Harvard University Press, 2016),  Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself (Yale University Press, 2018) with Frances Rosenbluth, The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and how to Fight It  (Harvard University Press, 2020) with Michael Graetz, and Uncommon Sense (Yale University Press, 2024). His current research concerns the relations between democracy and the distribution of income, wealth, and risk.