POLS 208 Democracy Videos and Links
Video Documentaries
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Blade Runner - Director's Cut Trailer
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Matrix Trailer HD (1999)
• Snowpiercer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5PwfEMBM0
• The Edge of Tomorrow (Live, Die, Repeat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLe_qO4AE-M
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Athenian Democracy: Videos and Links
• An excellent animated map that outlines the key features of the Athenian democracy in around 4 minutes.
http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome09/3c_athenian_democracy_demo.php
• A two minute introduction to Athenian democracy that correctly emphasizes that it was a direct participatory form of democracy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J315e03RkOA
• A useful and informative introduction to the revolutionary creation and central features of Athenian democracy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6KjOTABL3Y
• A brief introduction to the central features of Athenian democracy.
Less interesting than the videos listed above but still worth watching. A brief introduction to the central features of Athenian democracy by
Professor Jeffrey Rusten from Cornell University in the United States.
http://www.cornell.edu/video/ancient-athens-5-the-heart-of-athenian-democracy-the-agora-and-the-pnyx
• The Expansion of the Roman Empire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIXC1U8HNo
• The English Civil Wars
Although produced way back in 1992 this is a better video documentary than anything I've seen that has been uploaded to the internet. It is available in VHS format in the AV section of the university library.
• The Edge of Tomorrow (Live, Die, Repeat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLe_qO4AE-M
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Athenian Democracy: Videos and Links
• An excellent animated map that outlines the key features of the Athenian democracy in around 4 minutes.
http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome09/3c_athenian_democracy_demo.php
• A two minute introduction to Athenian democracy that correctly emphasizes that it was a direct participatory form of democracy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J315e03RkOA
• A useful and informative introduction to the revolutionary creation and central features of Athenian democracy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6KjOTABL3Y
• A brief introduction to the central features of Athenian democracy.
Less interesting than the videos listed above but still worth watching. A brief introduction to the central features of Athenian democracy by
Professor Jeffrey Rusten from Cornell University in the United States.
http://www.cornell.edu/video/ancient-athens-5-the-heart-of-athenian-democracy-the-agora-and-the-pnyx
• The Expansion of the Roman Empire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIXC1U8HNo
• The English Civil Wars
Although produced way back in 1992 this is a better video documentary than anything I've seen that has been uploaded to the internet. It is available in VHS format in the AV section of the university library.
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Location:Dn: Central Library: AV Services: Videocassettes
- Call Number: O98998
• Causes of the English Civil Wars, The Trial of Charles 1st.
These short videos are worth looking at for the background and the trial of the King.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuLz8_Wipnk
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English left-wing comedian - Mark Steel - providing an account of
Oliver Cromwell and his role in the English Revolution in a BBC
production.
• Short useful overview by an American history teacher.
• The French Revolution
- This video is not entirely accurate but it is mildy amusing and contains some useful visual material.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvSod16wfgg
- A music video by Jeffrey Lewis that outlines the timeline of the French Revolution in 2 and a half minutes!
http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution/videos/the-french-revolution
- A much better video documentary (around 30 minutes in length), is presented by the middle-of-the road academic historian Gwynne Lewis. Unfortunately it is not available online, but it can be consulted in the AV section of the library or purchsed as a DVD.
The title is: The French Revolution.
The call number is O95138
The Otago library link is:
http://otago.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=OTAGO_ALMA21130226340001891&displayMode=full&vid=DUNEDIN&group=GUEST&onCampus=true&lang=eng
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Constitution and Bill of Rights – 097616 (two videos, the first is on the
Constitution and system of government; the second focuses on the Bill of
Rights). 50 minutes each. Both boring but very useful provide useful
descriptions of the US system of government by conservative American political science academics.
The title is:
The United States Constitution The United States Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments The call number is O97616
The Otago library link is:
http://otago.lconz.ac.nz/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=10084&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=504523
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Chicago and monetarist economist, Milton Friedman, providing a neoliberal justification of the unequal distribution of wealth in advanced capitalist societies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJwUaVDIPXg
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The climate crisis of the 21st century has been caused largely by just 90 companies, which between them produced nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gas emissions generated since the dawning of the industrial age, new research suggests."
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-made-global-warming-emissions-climate-change
• Climate Central - a US based research foundation - has an interactive 'Surging Seas' map that allows you to see the degree of encroachment on land of sea level rises.
http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/
The United States Constitution The United States Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments The call number is O97616
The Otago library link is:
http://otago.lconz.ac.nz/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=10084&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=504523
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Chicago and monetarist economist, Milton Friedman, providing a neoliberal justification of the unequal distribution of wealth in advanced capitalist societies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJwUaVDIPXg
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The climate crisis of the 21st century has been caused largely by just 90 companies, which between them produced nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gas emissions generated since the dawning of the industrial age, new research suggests."
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-made-global-warming-emissions-climate-change
• Climate Central - a US based research foundation - has an interactive 'Surging Seas' map that allows you to see the degree of encroachment on land of sea level rises.
http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VldXUyCaeQ
Lenin - What is Soviet Power?
Five minute speech by Lenin with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l53FPENoAU
Another interesting short speech by Lenin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_EcpFLmUaU
Lenin - What is Soviet Power?
Five minute speech by Lenin with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l53FPENoAU
Another interesting short speech by Lenin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_EcpFLmUaU
http://www.systemicpeace.org/polityproject.html
• Statistics New Zeland bar graphs describing female representation in parliament and local government from 1996 to 2014 can be found at:
http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/snapshots-of-nz/nz-social-indicators/Home/Trust%20and%20participation%20in%20government/female-rep-parl-local-govt.aspx
• A Twenty Year Programme of Neoliberal Fiscal Austerity?
British Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, said in 2013 that the cuts pushed through by the Coalition did not go nearly far enough. He said that there was a “very long way to go” and added: “This is not a two-year project or a five-year project. This is a 10-year project, a 20-year generational battle to beef up the economy in ways that we have not seen for many, many decades.”
