Elections Have Consequences: Or At Least They Should

Danube Institute

Professor Allan will first look at the electoral landscape around the world and the comparative rise and success of political parties and politicians that (and who) to varying degrees reject supposedly settled supranational orthodoxies. In the Anglosphere this would include Donald Trump and his America First movement. In Britain it would cover Nigel Farage’s Reform Party. In Australia it would cover Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party. All bring views which are comparative newcomers to the political scenes in their respective countries. But we see this same trend in Japan. We see it in big chunks of Europe. And we see it of late in South America. Next Allan will consider what such parties and politicians, once in office, are likely to face in the way of opposition from the legacy media and from the administrative state. That groundwork laid, Allan will speculate on why these sorts of new political parties or politicians have become exponentially more popular. What have the old-time established parties done to themselves to leave such gaps in the political market for these new parties to fill? And lastly Allan will look at the contestable concepts of ‘democracy’ and ‘the rule of law’ and ‘populism’. What are the competing understandings of these terms and which does he himself think most defensible? Allan, a long-time supporter of majoritarian democracy, hopes to finish on an optimistic note, circumstances allowing. The presentation will be followed by a discussion, including: James Allan, Garrick Professor of Law, University of Queensland Anna Wellisz, President of the Edmund Burke Foundation, LCFFE Observer in the Hungarian election Pierre-Hugues Barré, Visiting Fellow, Danube Institute Moderated by: John O’Sullivan, President, Danube Institute

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Elections Have Consequences: Or At Least They Should

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