Everyday Choices by Ellen Lust

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Episode 7: In this special edition of the GLD podcast Boniface Dulani (Chancellor College, University of Malawi) discusses traditional leadership and authority in Malawi and the impact these structures have on the country's political system at both the local and national level. The podcast was recorded live in Malawi during a field visit as part of our ongoing SSA project. Boniface holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Political Science from Michigan State University in the United States (2011). Dr. Dulani brings to IPOR a rich experience in conducting survey research in Africa through his involvement as a senior member of the Afrobarometer- a pan- Africanist research network that undertakes a series of public opinion surveys on governance, democracy, markets, livelihoods and other related topics in over 35 African countries. His areas of research interest include governance and democracy, presidential politics, politics of development, rural development, civil society and other related topics. Dr. Dulani is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science of at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi and also serves as the Fieldwork Operations Manager for Southern and Francophone Africa in the Afrobarometer.

Selected Work: Muriaas, R. L., Wang, V., Benstead, L., Dulani, B., & Rakner, L. (2019). Why the gender of traditional authorities matters: Intersectionality and women’s rights advocacy in Malawi. Comparative Political Studies, 52(12), 1881-1924.

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Episode 6: Ian Shapiro discusses his new book "Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself" with GLD Director, Ellen Lust. Democracies across the world are adopting reforms to bring politics closer to the people. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates. Ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly. Yet voters keep getting angrier. Here, the author argues that devolving power to the grassroots is part of the problem, not the solution. Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he also serves as Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. 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. Shapiro is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a past fellow of the Carnegie Corporation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He has held visiting appointments at the University of Cape Town, Keio University in Tokyo, Sciences Po in Paris, and Nuffield College, Oxford.

His most recent books are "The Real World of Democratic Theory" (Princeton University Press, 2012), "Politics Against Domination" (Harvard University Press, 2016), and, with Frances Rosenbluth, "Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself" (Yale University Press, 2018). His current research concerns the relations between democracy and the distribution of income and wealth.

Selected Work: Shapiro, I. (2019). "Anxieties of Democracy and Distribution."

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Episode 5: Dominic Burbidge discusses his new book "An Experiment In Devolution, National Unity and the Deconstruction of the Kenyan State." Following the introduction of a new constitution in 2010, Kenya has implemented one of the most radical and far-reaching decentralization programs in Africa. This podcast outlines the events leading up to the new constitution, as well as the ramifications of these sweeping reforms. Dominic Burbidge is a Research Associate of the Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government in the Faculty of Law. He received his doctorate in Oriel College, University of Oxford, and his masters in St Antony's College, before working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Princeton University and then a Departmental Lecturer in Oxford's School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies. He has also previously been a Postdoctoral Research Officer in Oxford's Faculty of Law. He holds particular expertise in Kenya's radical devolution of government functions under the 2010 constitution. He has written on how the legal changes are being navigated locally, as well as on the broader theory of subsidiarity and decentralisation.

Selected Works: Burbidge, D., & Cheeseman, N. (2017). Trust, ethnicity and integrity in East Africa: Experimental evidence from Kenya and Tanzania. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2(1), 88-123.

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Episode 4: Pierre F. Landry discusses China's rapid urbanization and the institutional challenges that arise due to these seismic demographic shifts. The conversation centres on China's massive bureaucratic system and how both local and national levels of this system compete for financial resources and influence. Pierre F. Landry is a Professor of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and co-director of the Universities Service Centre for China Studies at CUHK. His training was in economics and law at Sciences-Po in Paris and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. He is also an alumnus of the Hopkins-Nanjing program. His research interests focus on Asian and Chinese politics, comparative local government, quantitative comparative analysis, and survey research. His has published on governance and the political management of officials in China. Besides articles and book chapters in comparative politics and political methodology, he is a collaborating scholar of the GLD Program in Gothenburg as well as a Research Fellow at the Research Center for the Study of Contemporary China at Peking University. He also collaborates with the Governance and Local Development project as well as the UNDP and the World Bank on developing indicators of the variability of local governance in a variety of countries.

Selected Works: Chen, J., Davis, D. S., & Landry, P. F. (2017). Beyond Hukou Reform: Enhancing Human-Centered Urbanization in China. Paulson Policy Memorandum.

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Episode 3: Jon Pierre, professor of political science at Gothenburg University, discusses his 2011 book "The Politics of Urban Governance." Outlining his four models on governance, Pierre explores the changing dynamics of governance and government in 21st-century cities, and discusses its implications on everyday living for the urban citizen. Jon Pierre is a research professor in the department of political science, University of Gothenburg and professor of public governance at the Melbourne School of Government, University of Melbourne. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He has held numerous overseas visiting appointments, most recently at the City University of Hong Kong, University of Melbourne and University of Auckland.

Selected Works: Pierre, J. (2019). Multilevel governance as a strategy to build capacity in cities: Evidence from Sweden. Journal of Urban Affairs, 41(1), 103-116.

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Episode 2: Yeşim Arat discusses the ongoing political and demographic transformations in Turkey and their impacts on the country's key institutions, including the judiciary, the military, and the media. Yeşim (Yale College, BA 1978, Princeton University, Department of Politics, PhD 1983) is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. She has numerous articles on questions of women’s political participation and Islam in Turkey and books entitled, "The Patriarchal Paradox: Women Politicians in Turkey" (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989) and "Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy: Islamist Women in Turkish Politics" (State University of New York Press, 2005). Her research interests are: Gender Politics, Turkish Politics, Women and Politics in Turkey, Women's Movements in Turkey.

Selected Works: Arat, Y., & Pamuk, Ş. (2019). "Turkey between Democracy and Authoritarianism." Cambridge University Press.

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