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Democracy and Its Alternatives : Democracy and Its Alternatives [eFilm]

2022
Videos and DVDs
Explore democracy from all available angles with a robust toolbox of political philosophy, world history, and carefully constructed thought experiments.
Imprint:
[United States] : The Great Courses, 2022.Made available through hoopla
Collation:
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 548 min.)) : sd., col.
Credits:
Directed by The Great Courses.
Performers:
Cast: Ethan Hollander.
Audience:
Rated TVPG.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Episode 1 Is Democracy Built to Last? Episode 2 Politics and Personal Sacrifice Episode 3 Government and the Invention of Law Episode 4 The Rise of the Modern State Episode 5 States, Nations, and Nationalism Episode 6 Why Care about Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau? Episode 7 Who Gets to Vote? Episode 8 Voters and the Dangers of Too Much Democracy Episode 9 Should Presidents or Parliaments Lead? Episode 10 The Vote Counter Decides Everything Episode 11 Do Political Parties Help or Hurt? Episode 12 The Problems with Federalism Episode 13 Are Courts and Constitutions Democratic? Episode 14 The Controversial Politics of Central Banks Episode 15 Who Backs Authoritarians? Episode 16 The Dictator's Playbook Episode 17 When States Fail, What Comes Next? Episode 18 Partition, Peacekeeping, and Human Crisis Episode 19 What Really Causes Wealth and Poverty? Episode 20 The Global Fault Lines of Trade Episode 21 Is the European Union a Success or Failure? Episode 22 When the Balance of Power Breaks Down Episode 23 Why It's So Hard to Work Together Episode 24 Gridlock and Democracy.
Access restrictions:
Digital content provided by hoopla.
Language:
English
BRN:
563048
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