New conference report: Democracy and the power of the individual
The Director of the Foundation, Sir John Holmes, has published his summary of the recent Ditchley conference "Democracy and the power of the individual" which was held at Ditchley Park on 3-5 February 2011. There was a certain serendipity about the timing of this conference given events in Egypt, which gave rise to even more discussion about the impact of the new social media on democracy than there might have been otherwise. Although this was not a conference resulting in a neat set of recommendations, some trends did emerge.
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