{"id":8068,"date":"2016-06-23T22:37:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T22:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/?p=8068"},"modified":"2016-09-21T20:32:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T20:32:57","slug":"podcast-lucan-way-pluralism-default-weak-autocrats-rise-competitive-politics-ukraine-russia-elsewhere-former-soviet-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/news\/podcast-lucan-way-pluralism-default-weak-autocrats-rise-competitive-politics-ukraine-russia-elsewhere-former-soviet-union\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST | Lucan Way on \u201cPluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics in Ukraine, Russia, and Elsewhere in the Former Soviet Union\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F260272287&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On April 26, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/polisci\/lucan-way\">University of Toronto Associate Professor of Political Science Lucan Way<\/a> <\/strong>visited the University of Washington to give a public lecture on his new book, <em>Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ellisoncenter.washington.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pluralism-by-Default.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7349\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7349 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ellisoncenter.washington.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pluralism-by-Default-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pluralism by Default\" width=\"115\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/em>As part of his talk, Dr. Way outlined\u00a0his theory about the perhaps surprising rise of pluralism in countries which lack democratic histories. It is not, in fact, the presence of civil society, democratic leadership, well-designed institutions, or democratic culture that facilitates pluralism, he asserted. Rather, pluralism emerges from authoritarian weakness, which he defined as the existence\u00a0of an inter-developed ruling party, a weak authoritarian state, and a divided national identity.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Professor Way met with graduate students conducting research on Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including political scientists, historians, and sociologists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was great to have such a prominent scholar of political regimes and the former Soviet Union on campus,\u201d said Nora Williams, a PhD student in Political Science. \u201cI particularly appreciated his willingness to meet and chat with graduate students about his research and the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please find a link to this and the Ellison Center&#8217;s many other podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ellisoncenteruw\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 26, University of Toronto Associate Professor of Political Science Lucan Way visited the University of Washington to give a public lecture on his new book, Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics. 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