Jan Aart Scholte – Democracy and Global Transformations

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Master’s Degree Programme in Democracy and Global Transformations – Opening seminar at Helsinki University Museum Arppeanum, 7th and 9th September 2010 Jan Aart Scholte (University of Warwick, UK): Re-Envisioning Global Democracy “Democracy and Global Transformations” is a two-year research-oriented programme designed to provide the graduate students with a profound understanding of theory and practice of democracy in global, national and local contexts. Upon successful completion of the programme, students receive a Master of Social Sciences degree (M.Soc.Sc.). www.helsinki.fi

Alla is Deputy Director of the Institute for Globalization Studies and Social Movements (Moscow) and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences. She has also held appointments at the Moscow State University (MGU, 2008), the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU, 1996-2003), and the Moscow State Humanitarian University (RGGU, 2007-2008). www.buildingglobaldemocracy.org When asked why she joined the Building Global Democracy Programme and what her aspirations for the programme were, Alla replied: “It is important to go beyond rigid native-civilization frames if we want to find the perspective of further common development. The only way is comprehensive intercultural dialogue with an attempt to mutual understanding withing scholars, politicians, social activists. After all this would be an opportunity to contribute to the development of really multiple global intellectual “environment”, may be one more little step… I expect new ideas, new common projects, new intellectual contacts and friends, new decisions. Maybe i also expect some new opportunities to hear others and to be heard…”
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