Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Christopher Hobson an Associate Professor in the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the Australian National University. He is the author of The Rise of Democracy: Revolution, War and Transformations in International Politics since 1776 (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), and the co-editor of The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion (Routledge 2011), which has just been re-issued in paperback.
Humility’s value for democracy in dark times
Jun 03, 2016 08:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
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