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Consent of the Governed

Consent of the Governed: Resources

Resources

Essential Principles and History

Books

Berman, Sheri
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe (2019). New York: Oxford University Press.

Chenoweth, Erica and Stephen, Maria J.
Why Civic Resistance Works. New York (2011). New York: Columbia University Press.

Crick, Bernard
Democracy: A Very Short Introduction (2003). New York: Oxford University Press.

Levitsky, Steven and Ziblatt, David
    How Democracies Die (Crown Publishing: New York, 2018). PDF Version.

Articles

Bouie, Jamelle
America Had More Than One Founding & Set of Founders,” July 4, 2023.

Keyssar, Alexander
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?”, interview with Alexander Keyssar with Marina Bolotnikova, Harvard Magazine, July 20, 2020.

Nicas, Jack
Two Capitol Riots. Two Very Different Results,” The New York Times, January 8, 2024.

Other Resources

American Academy of Arts and Sciences  
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century.

Freedom House
Freedom in the World Survey: 2024: "“The Mounting Damage of Flawed Elections.”

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The English Bill of Rights (UK Archival Description of Document and Text).

Magna Carta (Full text, The British Library; Description of, US National Archives).

French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, Elysee Palace.

United States Congress Select Committee to Investigate January 6 Attack on the US Capitol Report Executive Summary and Full Report (December 22, 2022).

United States Department of Justice
United States v. Donald Trump (in the matter of January 6, 2023).

United States National Archives
US Declaration of Independence.

South Africa

Commission of Inquiry on State Capture (The Zondo Commission home page).

Economist magazine: Topics Index: South Africa 
Selected Articles:

Guardian
Jacob Zuma in Russia for Health Reasons,” July 14, 2023.

Foreign Policy
Zuma’s Arrest Is a Victory for the Rule of Law,” July 9, 2021.

The New York Times: World Topics: South Africa 
Selected Articles:

Freedom in the World 2024 South Africa Country Report.

Human Rights Watch 2024 South Africa Country Report.

Other Resources

Carlin, John. Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation (New York: Penguin Books Reprint Edition, 2009).

Lodge, Tom. Mandela: A Critical Life (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006).

Mandela, Nelson. 
Address to the People of Cape Town (Inauguration Speech), May 9, 1994.

Right2Know Campaign.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and scroll down to Africa/South Africa).

Bolivia

Economist magazine: Topics Index: Bolivia.

The New York Times: World Topics: Bolivia.

Freedom House 2024 Bolivia Country Report.

Human Rights Watch 2024 Bolivia Country Report.

Other Resources

New York Review of Books, Guillermoprieto, Alma. "The New Bolivia?” (Aug. 10, 2006) and “The New Bolivia II." (Sept. 21, 2006).

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and scroll down to Western Hemisphere/Bolivia).

Iran

Economist magazine: Topics Index: Iran.

The New York Times: World Topics: Iran. See, e.g., “On Trial for Reporting on a Death That Fueled a Revolt.” (June 11, 2023).

Freedom in the World 2024 Iran Country Report.

Human Rights Watch 2024 Iran Country Report.

Other Resources

Center for Human Rights in Iran.

Bakhash, Shaul. "Letter from Evin Prison." New York Review of Books (Sept. 22, 2005).

Ebadi, Shirin. “Nobel Lecture” (December 3, 2003).

Foreign Affairs
The Indominable Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Aug. 15, 2024.

Iran Human Rights (IHRNG).

Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003). New York: Random House.

Nobel Peace Prize 2023

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis: A Story of a Childhood (2003), a graphic novel. New York: Pantheon Books.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and scroll down to Near East/Iran).

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