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SUMMARY:The temptations of populism - Andrés Velasco (The LSE School of P
 ublic Policy)\, Nur Laiq (TORCH - Humanities Division)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20191029T130000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20191029T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Andrés Velasco\, dean of the LSE School of Public Policy\, fo
 rmer presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile\, in discussion 
 with Nur Laiq\, Global South Visiting Fellow at The Oxford Research Centre
  in the Humanities (TORCH). Professor Velasco will be welcomed by the Blav
 atnik School's dean\, Ngaire Woods.\n\nPopulism is on the rise across the 
 world. Politicians from Trump to Bolsonaro\, and Orban to Modi hold popula
 r mandates that enable them to wield substantial power. What does the glob
 al swing toward populism reveal about identity and inequality? What does i
 t tell us about unresolved pasts and uncertain futures? What does it discl
 ose about the language and structure of democratic politics?\n\nAndrés Ve
 lasco was finance minister of Chile during the 2008 global financial crisi
 s. He says he comes from a continent that invented populism. Yet\, he is f
 amous for not succumbing to it himself. Drawing on his political and polic
 y experience\, Professor Velasco\, now the dean of the LSE School of Publi
 c Policy\, will dismantle the myths of populism. He will offer a candid as
 sessment of what drives contemporary populism\, and how politicians and po
 licy makers might respond to its challenges.\n\nThe talk will include a Q&
 A with the audience and will be moderated by Nur Laiq\, Global South Visit
 ing Fellow at TORCH. Nur Laiq co-drafted the manifesto of a leading politi
 cal party in India for the 2019 elections and has also worked for a Britis
 h political party and campaigned for Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidenti
 al elections.\nSpeakers:\nAndrés Velasco (The LSE School of Public Policy
 )\, Nur Laiq (TORCH - Humanities Division)
LOCATION:Blavatnik School of Government\, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX
 2 6GG
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3b1b2ee4-dc02-4466-b960-3c4f9c3f8be8/
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