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The Reith Lectures: Niall Ferguson on The Rule of Law and its Enemies: Civil And Uncivil Societies

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Niall Ferguson on The Rule of Law and its Enemies

BBC World Service - The Reith Lectures, Niall Ferguson on The Rule of Law and its Enemies, Civil And Uncivil Societies

Niall Ferguson asks what constitutes a vibrant and independent civil society.

The historian Niall Ferguson examines institutions outside the political, economic and legal realms, whose primary purpose is to preserve and transmit particular knowledge and values. 

In a lecture delivered at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, he asks if the modern state is quietly killing civil society in the Western world?

And what can non-Western societies do to build a vibrant civil society?

Producer: Jane Beresford.

The Reith Lectures: Niall Ferguson on The Rule of Law and its Enemies

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Exploring the importance of man-made institutions in driving change around the world.

Economic historian Niall Ferguson explores the importance of man-made institutions in driving change around the world.

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