Presentation from Cristina Lafont «Deliberative Minipublics and the Struggle for Political Equality»

Monday, 23 June 2025, 4 p.m.
University of Zurich

A public kick-off event will be held as part of the 11th Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies and the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School. Christina Lafont from Northwestern University will speak on the topic of «Deliberative Minipublics and the Struggle for Political Equality.» The increase in inequality in recent decades has led to an unequal concentration of political power that threatens to undo the achievements of centuries of democratic struggle for political equality. This concern explains the appeal of deliberative formats such as citizens‘ assemblies, citizens’ juries and deliberative polls.