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People, Power, Politics
The People, Power, Politics podcast brings you the latest insights into the factors that are shaping - and re-shaping - our political world. It is brought to you by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) based at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Join us to better understand the factors that promote and undermine democratic government around the world!
March 25, 2026
How Authoritarians Exploit Gender
Gender is becoming a central battleground in contemporary authoritarian politics, but how do autocrats manipulate these debates to their own advantage…
March 10, 2026
Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections
How and why do leaders like Hungary’s Viktor Orban not only come to power, but remain in power for so long (in Orban’s case 16 years)? And why does th…
February 25, 2026
Why Senegal’s Democracy Survived
In 2024, Senegal faced a severe constitutional and electoral crisis. The presidential vote was postponed, tensions escalated, and fears of democratic …
February 16, 2026
How Corporate Lobbyists are Capturing EU Institutions
Brussels is full of lobbyists. Over decades, big companies have been using their financial might not only to influence EU policies but even to shape h…
January 30, 2026
All You Need to Know about Russian Politics Today
Host Licia Cianetti talks to two Russian experts, Vladislav Gorin and Alexandra Prokopenko, about the state of Russian domestic politics today. As Rus…
January 16, 2026
Are We Living in the Golden Age of Transnational Repression?
Government critics and pro-democracy campaigners used to be relatively safe when they fled into exile. Now transnational repression means that corrupt…
December 17, 2025
Militarization and Democracy in Contemporary Brazil
How does militarization threaten contemporary democracies? Why is Brazil’s case significant for understanding the causes and consequences of militariz…
November 26, 2025
What is Happening in the Mediterranean Right Now – And Why You Should Care
Since 2014 more than 32,000 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. As the EU and its member states have been increasingly…
November 10, 2025
Two Decades On: The African Union, Power, and Africa’s Democratic Future
When the African Union was founded in 2002, it promised to deliver a more united, prosperous, and people-centred continent. Two decades later, Africa’…
October 28, 2025
Democracy After Illiberalism
Why are illiberal governments able to retain support? How are they defeated at election time? And how do (and should) governments driven by a desire t…
October 7, 2025
Delivering for Democracy – Why results matter
The global wave of democratic backsliding has undermined the ascendancy of democracy in the twenty-first century. So what do democracies need to do to…
September 16, 2025
When Should the Majority Rule – and is it time to resign democracy?
When do limits on majorities enhance democratic rule, and when do they undermine it? Join Nic Cheeseman as he talks to Steven Levitsky and Daniel Zibl…
August 29, 2025
Syria After Assad
What are the prospects for democracy in Syria? Is this the right question to ask? What do we need to better understand about Syria’s new leader, its c…
August 18, 2025
What Makes for Successful Civil Resistance?
As authoritarian leaders attack democracy from all sides, and the rights of women, ethnic minorities and the LGTBQI+ community are increasingly threat…
July 31, 2025
How Late-Stage Neoliberal Capitalism is Breaking Democracy
For a long time many (although by no means all) scholars saw the relationship between capitalism and democracy as mutually reinforcing: economic compe…
July 17, 2025
Has the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown?
It has been 10 years since the Paris Agreements of 2015 and – despite the initial enthusiasm – global investment in fossil fuels has increased and we …
July 3, 2025
The attack on democracy in the United States, and the new resistance
The attack in democracy under President Donald Trump in the United States is both broader and deeper than you think. In this timely conversation with …
June 26, 2025
How do Small States Navigate and Shape the Liberal World Order?
Globally, the liberal international order has been under pressure for quite some time, but we often tend to discuss this in relation to big internatio…
June 12, 2025
Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy
Democracy scholars often assume that ethnic homogeneity is good for democracy. Politically mobilised ethnic minorities, the assumption goes, stoke div…
May 27, 2025
How Do Autocrats Stay in Power?
In this episode Licia Cianetti talks to Johannes Gerschewski about his book The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule (Cambridge UP, 2023). We discuss how au…