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The paper presented in this seminar develops a framework for understanding political change within democracies which centers the idea of “democracy as disequilibrium”. At the heart of this is a challenge to the claim found in the conventional framework that regime questions are “settled” at founding moments or any moment thereafter, where settled is understood as an equilibrium point in which key actors achieve regime consensus and none have incentive to defect. Disequilibrium, it argues, is not an exceptional but common feature of democratic development.
** Please note: Events in this series do not include a presentation. Attendees of this seminar are expected to read a paper in advance and enter into a discussion. This is an in-person event. To receive a copy of the paper, please contact Morgan Gillespie at mgillesp@mit.edu. **
