Suggested Readings

General Readings

Charles Tilly, Democracy
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Alan Keenan, Democracy in Question
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Tony Judt, Ill Fares the Land
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Robert A. Dahl, On Democracy
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Class-Specific Readings

Democracies: How Are They Created? Can They Endure?
Andy Overman

Sophocles, Antigone
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Aristophanes, Lysistrata
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Pericles, Funeral Oration
(Thucydides Book 1.140-146 and Book 2.35-46)
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Plato, Dialogues
(The Apology and The Gorgias)
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Aristotle, The Politics
(Books II, III, and VIII)
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Demosthenes
(The Philippic, I-III; On The Liberty of Rhodes)
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Josiah Ober, The Athenian Revolution: Essays in Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Thought
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Matthew Christ, The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens
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“Better Living Through Technology”: Information Technology and Democracy in America
Patrick Schmidt

Daniel Solove, The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age. (Read the introduction.)
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Paul Starr, "The Liberal State in a Digital World"
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Christopher Hood, "From FOI World to WikiLeakes World: A New Chapter in the Transparency Story?"
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Revolutionaries and Republicans: New Social Media’s Role in Building Democratic Institutions
Adrienne Christiansen

Malcolm Gladwell, "Why the Revolution Will not be Tweeted"

Clay Shirky, "Institutions vs. Collaboration"

Film followed by discussion
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Clay Steinman

TCM.com, Frank Capra biography
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FilmReference.com, Sidney Buchman biography
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Joseph McBride, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success (Chapter 14 "My ancestors couldn't; I can")
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