China and other nondemocratic countries can make decisions faster than lawmakers bogged down by the restrictions of the democratic process, according to organizers for a lecture and discussion titled "Is Democracy Too Slow?"

Harvard professor and Deng Xiaoping biographer Ezra Vogel, European Union watcher and civic participation expert Janice Thomson, and attorney and activist Christine Pelosi, author of "Campaign Boot Camp 2.0: Basic Training for Candidates, Staffers, Volunteers, and Nonprofits," will discuss the topic at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St., at 6:30 p.m. May 8, according to a press release.

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