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Demos21 Talk by Carlo Burelli (University of Genova): No Virtue like Resilience – A new Machiavellian justification of democracy
Political realism claims that normative evaluations of politics should be grounded on political rather than moral values (Rossi and Sleat 2014). This paper revives Machiavelli’s justification of republican government (Machiavelli 2003), and seeks to updat ...
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The Democratic Boundary Problem – A Function-Sensitive View
In response to the democratic boundary problem, two principles have been seen as competitors: the all-affected interests principle and the all-subjected principle. This article claims that these principles are in fact compatible, being justified vis-à-vis ...
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Should the people control public spending? A normative assessment of balanced budget constitutional amendments
Should the people control public spending? A normative assessment of balanced budget constitutional amendments During the XX century, many western countries introduced balanced budget constitutional amendments (BBCA), i.e. they reformed their constitution ...
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The Privatized State
The Center for Critical Democracy Studies invites Chiara Cordelli for a talk entitled "The Privatized State." Prof. Cordelli will be discussing a chapter of her recent book with the same title, The Privatized State. About the Book Many governme ...
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Prof. Annabelle Lever (Sciences Po Paris): Democracy in Selection
Should we replace elections with lotteries? Bernard Manin’s famous book on representative government first taught many of us that the Greeks thought of elections as an aristocratic, not a democratic, way to select people for political power and authority ...
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D.Rad Symposium: Trends of Radicalization in Europe and Beyond
The Symposium will present the findings of 17 countries on trends of radicalization in Europe and the Middle East. The reports analyze specific moments – or “hotspots” – of radicalization in historical, social, and cultural context and are part of the D.R ...
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Why Open Democracy?
This paper examines open democracy, the conception of democracy introduced by Hélène Landemore in her recent book of the same name. Open democracy offers both an institutional paradigm and a specification of democratic values underlying it. It differs fro ...
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Lecture: Ambassador Muriel Domenach
In conjunction with the D.Rad comparative research project on radicalization trends and deradicalization policies in Europe and beyond, AUP’s Center for Critical Democracy Studies is delighted to present a lecture by Ambassador Muriel Domenach. The Ambass ...
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Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
undergraduate tuition for 2026-27 is €19,040 per semester. This fee corresponds to the costs of 16 undergraduate ... tuition is determined on a per-credit basis; for 2026-27 part-time tuition is €1,190 per credit. Auditor ... Fee Auditors pay 50% of the per-credit fee. As tuition for the 2026-27 academic year is €1,190 per ...
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Study Trips
Event Study trip Cultural Excursion Registration Registration for study trips is done the same way as ... basis. Attend all mandatory events and activities during the trip. Be on time for all scheduled events ...