The Crisis in the Functioning of Democracy

Ambassador Chitra Narayanan (Independent Strategic Advisor for Think Tanks and Corporates, former Ambassador of India to Switzerland, Liechtenstein and The Holy See, Turkey, Sweden and Latvia) held her speech in English about «The Crisis in the Functioning of Democracy» at the University of Zurich.

 

 

The 21st century is witnessing a global phenomenon of a change in the functioning of democracy. Is it the evolution or deterioration of the basic values which determine governance in a democratic society?