BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Contemporary History | American Political Polarization in Compa rative Perspective\, Oct. 21\n\nThe Ohio University Contemporary History In stitute hosts a virtual talk by Thomas Carothers discussing "American Polit ical Polarization in Comparative Perspective" for the Elizabeth Evans Baker Endowed Lecture on Thursday\, Oct. 21\, at noon.\n\nWatch the lecture on T eams. \n\nPolitical polarization is on many Americans’ short list of seriou s problems gripping U.S. democracy. Yet looking at political polarization only in the light of the U.S. experience misses a striking wider reality: p olitical polarization is increasingly afflicting many countries around the world\, from Brazil and Turkey to India and Poland. To what extent is the U .S. experience with polarization similar to or different from that of other countries and are there lessons from abroad that might be helpful as Ameri cans search for ways to lessen polarization at home?\n\n \n\nCarothers is i nterim president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, an ind ependent global think tank. He oversees all of the endowment’s research pro grams and directs the Democracy\, Conflict\, and Governance Program. Widely recognized as a leading authority on democratization and international sup port for democracy\, he has worked on democracy and governance assistance p rojects around the world for many public and private organizations. His mo st recent book is "Democracies Divided: The Global Challenge of Political P olarization" (co-edited with Andrew O’Donohue). He has been a visiting facu lty member at Oxford University\, the Central European University\, and Joh ns Hopkins SAIS. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School\, the London School of Economics\, and Harvard College.\n\n \n\nThe lecture is free and open t o the general public. DTEND:20211021T170000Z DTSTAMP:20240921T000625Z DTSTART:20211021T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Contemporary History | American Political Polarization in Comparati ve Perspective\, Oct. 21 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_38015228219524 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/contemporary_history_american_political _polarization_in_comparative_perspective_oct_21 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR