Chapter 2 Further Resources

Web Links

• Amnesty International (www.amnesty.org); Democracy Watch Canada (www.dwatch.ca); Human Crime Reduction Canada (www.crimereductioncanada.com); Rights Watch (www.hrw.org). These are sites for non-governmental organizations that deal with rights, democracy, and community issues.

• Democracy Online Game (www.positech.co.uk/democracy/democracy1.html). This game puts you in the seat of power, governing a fictional country where you have to stay in control using democracy as your asset.

• Department of Justice Canada (www.justice.gc.ca/eng/index.html); Universal Declaration of Human Rights (www.un.org/en/documents/udhr). These two sites are for national (Canadian) and international (UN) legal and rights agencies.

Podcasts

• “Countering Russian Interference”, CSIS, December 13, 2017. https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/countering-russian-interference
  
  Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 American election is considered as a violation of the US state sovereignty. This podcast focuses on what options the US has to counter Russia’s interference in future elections.

• “How did multiculturalism become so central to Canada’s identity?”, CBC Radio, February 22, 2019. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-for-february-24-2019-1.5029453/how-did-multiculturalism-become-so-central-to-canada-s-identity-1.5029456
  
  Over five decades, multiculturalism has become a defining part of Canada’s national identity. This podcast episode discusses the pros and cons and this multiculturalism policy.

• “The Bulwark of Liberty”, Clear and Present Danger, February 14, 2019. http://www.freespeechhistory.com/2019/02/13/the-bulwark-of-liberty/
  
  The Glorious Revolution in the Motherland impacted the 18^th century America especially the US attitudes towards freedom of speech. Americans were persuaded that “without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech: which is the right of every man”. This podcast episode explores the history of speech and liberty in America.

Further Readings

• Bartolini, Stefano (2002). Political Parties: Old Concepts and New Challenges. Richard Gunther, José Ramón Montero, and Juan J. Linz (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Berlin, Isaiah (1990). Four Essays on Liberty. New York: Oxford University Press.

• Gaus, Gerald F. (2000). Political Concepts and Political Theories. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

• Heywood, Andrew (1994). Political Ideas and Concepts: An Introduction. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

• Huntington, Samuel P. (1968). Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

• Inglehart, Ronald (2003). Human Values and Social Change: Findings from the Values Surveys. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.

• Kenny, Michael (2004). The Politics of Identity: Liberal Political Theory and the Dilemmas of Difference. Cambridge: Polity.

• Keohane, Robert O., & Joseph S. Nye (1989). Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition. Cambridge: HarperCollins.

• Lukes, Steven (2005). Power: A Radical View. Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan: British Sociological Association.

• Migdael, Joel S. (2001). State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another. Cambridge: Cambridge University.

• Miller, David (1991). Liberty. New York: Oxford University Press.

• Mingst, Karen A. (2004). Essentials of International Relations. New York: W.W. Norton.

• Putnam, Robert (2000). Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital. New York: Simon & Schuster.

• Richter, Melvin (1995). The History of Political and Social Concepts: A Critical Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.