4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Tanner Lecture: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America: Intimations of Failure October 17, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Tanner Lecture: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America: Intimations of Failure Join Charles Beitz, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University for an Obert C. Tanner Lecture on the Intimations of Failure. Political scientists, constitutional lawyers, and democratic theorists consider norms of democratic representation in literature whose paths cross too seldom. They do not agree about the meaning of fair and effective representation. Democratic theory is perhaps the area to which one would look for insight, but for the most part it has been too remote from political practice to illuminate the problems of our recent institutional history. These lectures will try to bring the theory of democratic representation into closer contact with its troubled American practice. For those interested in the moral basis of representative democracy, the narrative of malfunction raises two questions. First, are the symptoms documented by political scientists really failures? What norms of democratic representation do they infringe? This is a problem of diagnosis. Second, approaching the subject more constructively, what would successful democratic representation look like? If we grant that democratic politics is unavoidably a form of regulated rivalry, what would it mean for its regulation to be fair and effective? The first lecture will address the problem of diagnosis. Please be advised that this event is currently being offered in person. The in-person event will be held at Toll Room, Alumni House, on the UC Berkeley Campus.
4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Tanner Lecture: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America: Regulating Rivalry October 18, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Tanner Lecture: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America: Regulating Rivalry Join Charles Beitz, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University for a Obert C. Tanner Lecture on Regulating Rivalry. Political scientists, constitutional lawyers, and democratic theorists consider norms of democratic representation in literature whose paths cross too seldom. They do not agree about the meaning of fair and effective representation. Democratic theory is perhaps the area to which one would look for insight, but for the most part it has been too remote from political practice to illuminate the problems of our recent institutional history. These lectures will try to bring the theory of democratic representation into closer contact with its troubled American practice. This lecture will be for those interested in the moral basis of representative democracy, the narrative of malfunction raises two questions. First, are the symptoms documented by political scientists really failures? What norms of democratic representation do they infringe? This is a problem of diagnosis. Second, approaching the subject more constructively, what would successful democratic representation look like? If we grant that democratic politics is unavoidably a form of regulated rivalry, what would it mean for its regulation to be fair and effective? The first lecture addresses diagnosis. This lecture will discuss prescription. Please be advised that this event is currently being offered person. The in-person event will be held at Toll Room, Alumni House, on the UC Berkeley Campus.
4:10 PM - 6:00 PM Seminar & Discussion: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America October 19, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM Seminar & Discussion: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America Join Charles Beitz, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics at Princeton University for an Obert C. Tanner Lecture on the Intimations of Failure. This is the third and final event For the People? Representative Government in America lecture series. Political scientists, constitutional lawyers, and democratic theorists consider norms of democratic representation in literature whose paths cross too seldom. They do not agree about the meaning of fair and effective representation. Democratic theory is perhaps the area to which one would look for insight, but for the most part it has been too remote from political practice to illuminate the problems of our recent institutional history. These lectures will try to bring the theory of democratic representation into closer contact with its troubled American practice. For those interested in the moral basis of representative democracy, the narrative of malfunction raises two questions. First, are the symptoms documented by political scientists really failures? What norms of democratic representation do they infringe? This is a problem of diagnosis. Second, approaching the subject more constructively, what would successful democratic representation look like? If we grant that democratic politics is unavoidably a form of regulated rivalry, what would it mean for its regulation to be fair and effective? The first lecture addresses diagnosis. The second lecture discusses prescription. This seminar and discussion includes commentary on these topics by Martin Gilens, Pamela S. Karlan, and Jane Mansbridge. The in-person event will be held at Toll Room, Alumni House, on the UC Berkeley Campus. The event will also be available virtually via live stream on the lecture webpage. Please be advised that this event is not being offered virtually, though a recording of the lecture will be available on the Tanner website following the event. Former messaging mistakenly included references to a live stream, which will not be available. For updates about this lecture and upcoming lecture series events, please visit the Tanner Lectures website.
4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Jefferson Memorial Lecture with Judith Heumann on “The Status Quo Loves To Say No”: Disability Rights and the Battle against Structures of Exclusion October 26, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Jefferson Memorial Lecture with Judith Heumann on “The Status Quo Loves To Say No”: Disability Rights and the Battle against Structures of Exclusion Join disability rights activist Judith Heumann for a Jefferson Memorial Lecture on the topic of “The Status Quo Loves To Say No”: Disability Rights and the Battle against Structures of Exclusion. This lecture, delivered in a conversational format, will focus on aspects of Heumann’s journey that are most salient to the perils and possibilities of the present. Heumann sees in this moment a fragile and imperfect democracy, but one that is nonetheless worth investing in. She also sees deep structures of exclusion, vigorously defended but also vulnerable to political pressure and moral suasion. The discussion will also address why progress, while being meaningful, has still not been as significant as she believes it should be. Please be advised that this event is currently being offered virtually and in person, though that is subject to change. The in-person event will be held at Toll Room, Alumni House — UC Berkeley Campus. The event will also be available virtually via live stream on the lecture webpage. You can find directions to the Toll Room here. For updates about this lecture and upcoming lecture series events, please visit the Berkeley Graduate Lectures website.
October 17, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Tanner Lecture: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America: Intimations of Failure
October 18, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Tanner Lecture: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America: Regulating Rivalry
October 19, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM Seminar & Discussion: Charles Beitz on For the People? Representative Government in America
October 26, 2022 @ 4:10 PM - 6:00 PM UC Berkeley Jefferson Memorial Lecture with Judith Heumann on “The Status Quo Loves To Say No”: Disability Rights and the Battle against Structures of Exclusion