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A Brief History of Democracy in Africa, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgT81CSquFU
Time 13:04
In this short video, International History Professor and Chair of the International History Department Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou offers an analytical history of the different phases of the evolution of the question of democracy in Africa.
Africa: Elections Aren’t Enough, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEF5hGDgu0k
Time 1:29:16
Paul Collier, award-winning author of books such as The Bottom Billion and War, Guns, and Votes, is joined on a panel by David Carroll, director of the Carter Center’s Democracy Program; Tom Crick, associate director of the Center’s Conflict Resolution Program; and Jennifer McCoy, director of the Center’s Americas Program, for a closer look at the impact of elections in Africa and what is needed to make democracy hold in developing countries. Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau moderates.
Amartya Sen – “Democracy and Social Decisions,” 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF2TUXa9ym0
Time 35:36
Professor Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard, delivered a Distinguished Public Lecture on 18 January 2017.
Barry Weingast on why democracy fails in the developing world, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXr2eySzp-M
Time 7:40
Professor Barry Weingast of Stanford University discusses why democracy and the rule of law so often fail to take root in developing countries.
Bernie Sanders Explains How The CIA Destroyed Democracy In Latin America, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvSLlK5QmDc
Time 1:11
Bernie Sanders explains how the CIA destroyed democracy in Latin America.
Commons against and beyond capitalism? Interview with Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REliNI4z_wI
Time 2:02:25
Órla O’Donovan interviews Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis about their work on the commons.
Conversing on the Commons: Interview with Gustavo Esteva, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLZGhyNWD70
Time 1:12:22
Órla O’Donovan, Community Development Journal, in conversation with Gustavo Esteva, Mexican commoner, activist, and post-development theorist.
Democracy without election, is it possible in Africa? | Alphonse Muambi | TEDxGhent, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUJB485u0fY
Time 13:08
In recent history we have implemented a Western democratic system in several countries. Did it leave marks or scars? Many elections have led to violence. Is it time to try a different recipe? Alphones Muambi from the DRC discusses these ideas in a Ted Talk.
Noam Chomsky: History of US Rule in Latin America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKwJI9axblQ
Time 1:14:52
History of US Rule in Latin America; Elections and Resistance to the Coup in Honduras—Professor Noam Chomsky.
Protecting South Africa’s fragile democracy, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=053YwBupDLQ
Time 1:38:52
The institutions of South Africa’s democracy are under strain, making the miracle of South Africa’s democracy more vulnerable and fragile than perhaps any time since its inception in 1994. The Leader of the Opposition in South Africa will discuss the challenges faced in trying to root democracy in a divided, unequal, and economically unstable society.