Deborah Yashar

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The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- Revisited: Polyandry now!
  by Jimmy Casas Klausen
- The surprising history of global blasphemy law
  by J. Barton Scott
- Revisited: The “good” and the “bad” Muslims of China
  by Yuting Wang
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- An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumnus, Jacob Katumusiime
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- Alliance of Sahel States: Challenging Colonial Borders and UN Representation?
  by Richard Atimniraye Nyelade
- An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumnus, Teverayi Muguti
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Deborah Yashar

Deborah Yashar is a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, cochairs the Anxieties of Democracy program’s Advisory Committee, and chairs its International Partnerships Steering Committee.

Latest posts

The Inaugural Democracy Papers

Four Observations about Democratic Anxieties (or their Absence) in Latin America

by Deborah Yashar

First observation. Anxieties of democracy: Generalizing from the global North? Anxieties of democracy. This phrase is reminiscent of the kinds of conversations that Latin Americanists had in the 1980s: would the turn to democracy survive the economic crisis? Would citizens overcome the disenchantment with democracy that was certain to spiral as democratic governments faced limited autonomy […]

November 30, 2014