TUESDAY (9/25)
IN CLASS:
READINGS FOR WEEK 3
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Robert Dahl, "Does Polyarchy Matter?" in Polyarchy:
17-32.
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Larry Diamond, "Defining and Developing Democracy," in
Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation: 1-7.
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Samuel P. Huntington, "What?" in The Third Wave:
26-30.
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Nicolo Machiavelli, "The Masses are Wiser and More Constant
than a Prince," The Discourses, Book 1, Chapter 58,
in Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa, eds., The Portable Machiavelli:
281-286.
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James Madison, Numbers 10 and 51, in James Madison, Alexander Hamilton,
and John Jay, The Federalist Papers: 122-128, 319-322.
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Samuel P. Huntington, "The Political Gap," in Political
Order in Changing Societies: 1-8.
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Robert Dahl, Democracy and Its Critics: 52-79.
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Amartya Sen, "Democracy as a Universal Value," Journal
of Democracy, July 1999, 10(3): 3-17.
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Cecilia Dugger, "Why Democracy Means So Little to Pakistan's
Poor," New York Times, October 30, 1999.
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Norimitsu Onishi, "Political Reforms Rach Nigeria's Gasoline
Pumps," New York Times, September 9, 1999.
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Articles, TBA.
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Left: Nicolo Machiavelli, Renaissance pioneer of politcal
theory.
Right: Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a political thinker
of the 18th Century.
James Madison
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