Chair
Adam Szymański, University of Warsaw
ad_szym@poczta.onet.pl / ar.szymanski@uw.edu.pl
University of Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28
Warsaw, Masovian 00-927
Poland
Vice-Chairs
Dr. Mithila Bagai
Department of Political Science
University of Delhi
Guru Tegh Bahadur Rd
Delhi 110007
India
Prof. Renata Mienkowska-Norkiene
Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
University of Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28
Warsaw 00-297
Poland
Board Members
Ana Lucia Henrique, Chamber of Deputies, Brazil
Dr Sumant Kumar, Alliance University, Bangalore, India
Prof. Irmina Matonyte, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Lithuania
Dr Martin Mendoza-Botelho, Eastern Connecticut State University, US
Dr Smriti Singh, University of Delhi, India
Dr Nenad Stekic, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, Serbia
Edgar Javier Flores Tiravanti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr Stacey-Ann Wilson, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica
Prof. Łukasz Zamęcki, University of Warsaw, Poland
Background
Recognised as study group in 1989; granted research committee status in 1994.
Objectives
Deals with the basic conditions of democracy, but also the more specific aspects of the recent “wave”, in a systematic comparative manner. The present focus in on the historical and cultural particularities of this process in the major regions of the world (ie Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe, thus far). Further work will concentrate on the theoretical implications of these processes and the risks and chances for a further consolidation and deepening of democracy in all parts of the world.
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