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Longwood and Hampden-Sydney students can attend this conference for free. No registration needed. To add conference meals for $38, contact Scott Cole (395-2526 or colens@longwood.edu). For conference attendees: Pick up your conference packet at Lankford Ballroom from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday or 8-4 p.m. on Friday. If you arrive on Saturday at Hampden-Sydney, go to Crawley Forum for your packet. |
Conference Dates: January 25 - 27, 2007
Understanding the challenges facing global democracy in the twenty-first century is vital, especially since America’s security depends on freedom surviving in other lands.
With support from Hampden-Sydney College, Longwood University is sponsoring a conference that seeks to comprehend democracy’s sustainability in the global age.
About the Conference
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Online registration is closed. However, walk-in registration will be available.
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In the twenty-first century, democracy confronts numerous challenges that scholars and public officials need to comprehend. Some of the newer democracies, such as those in Africa and Latin America, appear to be unstable, even though several of them are moving toward consolidation. Furthermore, established democracies in the post-industrial world are confronting economic, social, and cultural challenges: aging populations, unstable welfare systems, and new immigrant groups.
In addition to these problems, international terrorism threatens peace and freedom around the world, leading many to question whether democracy can survive in such a hostile environment.
Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney College are hosting a conference on January 25 - 27, 2007 that seeks to understand the current state and future of democracy during this age of uncertainty. Numerous issues concerning democratization are to be addressed at our event, including the sustainability of democracy in the developing world, challenges facing post-industrial democracies, the impact of terrorism on freedom, and how globalization affects democracy.
This event has been approved by the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission to be part of the Future of Democracy conference series.
