Lezing: Alternatieven voor een liberale democratie

Waar: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Auditorium, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
Kosten: geen
Voertaal: Engels
Organisatie: SID
Meer info: SID Nederland tel.nr.070-338 3287 en www.sid-nl.org

SID-SERIES 2006-2007: Democracy Promotion at a Crossroads

The Netherlands chapter of the Society for International Development (SID Netherlands) organises a series of lectures during the 2006 – 2007 academic year at the Free University of Amsterdam on the relationship between democracy and development, its contribution to nation building, the promotion of peace and stability and the consolidation of human rights.

7th lecture: Alternatives for Liberal Democracy

During this lecture Kim Campbell will address the following questions: Are there alternatives to liberal democracy? How to define its limits? What forms does liberal democratic systems take in LDC’s? Is there a role for political parties (none, one or more) to play?

Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell served as Canada’s nineteenth and first female Prime Minister in 1993.  She previously held cabinet portfolios as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans’ Affairs. She was the first woman to hold the Justice and Defence portfolios, and the first woman to be Defence Minister of a NATO country. Ms. Campbell participated in major international meetings including the Commonwealth, NATO, the G-7 Summit and the United Nations General Assembly.

After her tenure as Prime Minister, Campbell was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics (Spring 1994) and the Joan Shorenstein Center for the Study of Press and Politics (1994-1995) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. She served as the Canadian Consul-General in Los Angeles from 1996-2000. In 2001 Ms. Campbell became a Fellow at the new Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School and then was invited to join the faculty as a lecturer. From 2004 until 2006 Ms. Campbell served as Secretary General of the Club of Madrid http://www.clubmadrid.org/, an organization of former heads of government and state who work to promote democratization through peer relations with leaders of transitional democracies.  Ms. Campbell is a founding member and also served as its Acting President in 2002 and Vice President 2003-2004.  At the Club’s General Assembly in Oct, 2006, Ms. Cambpell was elected to a 2-year term on the club of Madrid Board of Directors.  Ms. Campbell continues her long-standing relationship with Harvard University as an Honorary Fellow of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Kim Campbell served as Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL) from 1999-2003 http://www.womenworldleaders.org/about/.  The Council’s membership consists of women who hold or have held the office of President or Prime Minister in their own country. From Oct. 2003 – Oct. 2005, Ms. Campbell served as President of the International Women's Forum: http://www.iwforum.org/, a global organization of women of significant and diverse achievement.

Ms. Campbell is a Senior Fellow of The Gorbachev Foundation of North America http://www.gfna.net/, a member of the International Council of the Asia Society of New York www.asiasociety.org and serves on advisory boards of numerous other international organizations such as the Global Security Institute (GSI)  www.gsinstitute.org, the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI),and the Forum of Federations www.forumfed.org.  She is also a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy www.pacificcouncil.org, (the West Coast affiliate of the Council on Foreign Relations).  She is a Trustee of the Crisis Group http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm, a member of the Board of the International Center for Democratic Transition (ICDT)  http://www.ccd21.org/Initiatives/dtc.htm, newly established in Budapest. Ms. Campbell ´s service as a corporate director includes experience in the high tech, bio-tech and medical devices industries.

Kim Campbell was educated at the University of British Columbia (BA, 1969, LLB, 1983) and the London School of Economics (Doctoral studies in Soviet Government, ABD, 1970-73) where she’s an Honorary Fellow.  She holds seven honorary doctorates. Her best-selling political memoir Time and Chance was published in 1996 by Doubleday Canada. 

Ms. Campbell speaks widely on issues relating to leadership, international politics and conflict resolution, democratization, international trade, gender, and Canadian/American relations. She makes frequent appearances on radio and television in North America and abroad.  For more information about how you can request the Right Honourable Kim Campbell as a speaker visit www.apbspeakers.com

Ms. Campbell is married to composer, pianist, and actor, Hershey Felder. They reside in Paris.

Partners of these lecture series are among others the Free University Amsterdam, NCDO, NIMD, ISS, Clingendael, Radboud University Nijmegen and Maastricht University