Progress in Eastern Europe, with Prof. Matthew Slaboch
This week, I had the great pleasure of being joined on my podcast, “Loosely Eastern Europe” with Prof. Matthew Slaboch from the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University and author of A Road to Nowhere: The Idea of Progress and Its Critics.
We talk about the human tendency to view society as a trend toward betterment and whether the same can be said about political progress.
Then we address the appeal of authoritarianism in post-communist countries and if populist nationalism and progress are connected.
Finally, we look at civil society and point toward new elections in the region as signs toward future candidates who promote and embody democratic norms. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did.
Links to our conversation:
On Spotify: “Progress & Eastern Europe”
On SoundCloud: “Progress & Eastern Europe”
And if you want further reasons to listen to the conversation, here is an overview of some of the questions I asked Prof. Slaboch.
Introduction
Professor Matthew Slaboch is an assistant professor in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.
