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Conference Announcement "The Future of Representative Democracy" International Workshop Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (WZB) European Science Foundation Berlin (Germany) 22-24 November 2007 __________________________________________________ The aim of this workshop is to explore the future of representative democracy. In recent years, an increasing number of analysts claim that the mechanisms of representation that lie at the heart of existing democracies are afflicted with problems. How plausible are these claims about the decline, even disappearance, of representative democracy? We are going to address such claims by re-examining the past, present and future of the ideals and institutions of representative democracy. Topics: - representative government - post-representative democracy - democratic performance - institutional failure - challenges to democracy Participants will include: Sonia Alonso, David Beetham, Jürgen Habermas, Bruno Latour and Bhikhu Parekh. Contact: Wolfgang Merkel Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) Abteilung Demokratie Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin Germany Tel. +49-30-25491-330 Fax: +49-30-25491-345 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.esf.org/activities/exploratory-workshops/social-sciences-scss/workshops-detail.html?ew=4861 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
