It's a wonder democracy works at all -- a collection of people with potentially different interests have to agree to abide by majority vote even when it goes against their desires. But as we know, it doesn't always work, and racial and ethnic tensions are one of its biggest challenges. Hahrie Han studies the ground-up workings of democracy, how people can come together to successfully enact change. In her new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669326/undivided-by-hahrie-han/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church</a>, she investigates an example where democracy apparently has worked remarkably well, and asks what lessons we can draw from it.Support Mindscape on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.Blog post with transcript: <a href="https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/09/23/290-hahrie-han-on-making-multicultural-democracy-work/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/09/23/290-hahrie-han-on-making-multicultural-democracy-work/</a>Hahrie Han recieved her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. She is currently the Director of the<a href="https://snfagora.jhu.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;SNF Agora Institute</a>, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.p3researchlab.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">P3 Research Lab</a>&nbsp;at Johns Hopkins University. She was named the Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year by the World Economic Forum, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and gave the 2024 Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Harvard University, among other awards.<ul><li><a href="https://www.hahriehan.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Web site</a></li><li><a href="https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/hahrie-han/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins web page</a></li><li><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zzFtUvAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google Scholar publications</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Hahrie-Han/author/B00L3OIK40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon author page</a></li></ul>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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