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Boyer Lectures
2025 ABC Boyer Lecture Series: Australia: A Radical Experiment in DemocracyCurated and hosted by respected journalist, author and broadcaster, Dr Julia Baird, this year's Boyer Lecture Series explores the theme Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy, through five distinct orations examining the strengths and challenges of our democracy as we navigate unprecedented global changes in politics, society and technology. The speakers—drawn from academia, literature, and policy— reflect on the paradox of Australians' declining trust in politicians alongside their continued faith in the integrit...
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Lecture 3: A Democratic World 30.11.2003 29:26
As Owen Harries discussed in his previous lecture, America has proclaimed a policy of assertively promoting democracy around the world. Almost 30 years ago some commentators predicted that democracy was in decline, but such predictions have not come to pass - and indeed the reverse could be said to be true.
Lecture 2: Taking on Utopia 23.11.2003 27:51
In his second lecture Owen Harries details how the United States has evolved since the fall of the Soviet Union. In the first decade it failed to define and activate a grand purpose of mission in line with its status as the sole superpower. September 11 2001 changed that, giving the country the clear purpose that had been lacking, with influence shifting to those who believed that the country's de...
Lecture 1: And Then There Was One 16.11.2003 30:03
With the break up of the Soviet Union 12 years ago, a new era of international politics began, fundamentally altering the structure of the global political system. For the first time the world faced a unipolar system in which only one superpower dominated - the United States became the first 'global hegemon'. The implications of this are still working themselves out - indeed it took over a decade...
Lecture 4 — The companionable state 04.11.1995 31:56
Lecture 4 of A Truly Civil Society, the 1996 Boyer Lecture series presented by Eva Cox.
Lecture 1 — Broadening the views 04.11.1995 31:56
Lecture 1 of A Truly Civil Society, the Boyer Lecture series of 1996 presented by Eva Cox.
Lecture 5 — Change, diversity and dissent 04.11.1995 31:56
Lecture 5 of A Truly Civil Society, the 1996 Boyer Lecture series presented by Eva Cox.
Lecture 6 — Towards a utopian road movie 04.11.1995 31:56
Lecture 4 of A Truly Civil Society, the 1996 Boyer Lecture series presented by Eva Cox.
Lecture 2 — Raising social capital 04.11.1995 31:56
Lecture 2 of A Truly Civil Society, the 1996 Boyer Lecture series presented by Eva Cox.
Lecture 3 — The dark side of the warm inner glow: family and communitarians 04.11.1995 31:56
Lecture 3 of A Truly Civil Society, the 1996 Boyer Lecture series presented by Eva Cox.
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