Books & Journal Articles

• Benhabib, Seyla. Democracy and Difference: Contesting the Boundaries of the Political. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1996.

• Dunn, John. Democracy: a history. Open City Books, 2006.

• Inglehart, Ronald, and Welzel, Christian. Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence. Cambridge University, 2005.

• Pinkney, Robert. The Frontiers of Democracy: Challenges in the West, the East and the Third World. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, 2005.

• Berg-Schlosser, Dirk. Democratization: The State of the Art. Barbara Budrich, 2005.

• Dahl, Robert A. Democracy and Its Critics. Yale University Press, 1991.

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• Democracy, conflict and human security: pursuing peace in the 21st century by Judith Large and Timothy D. Sisk Download the paperhere

• Democracy as a universal value by Amartya Kumar Read the article here

• Merry, Sally E. (2006): Transnational Human Rights and Local Activism: Mapping the Middle. In: American Anthropologist 108, 1: 38-51.

• Randeria, Shalini (2003): Glocalization of Law: Evironmental Justice, World Bank, NGOs and the Cunning State in India. In: Current Sociology (London et al.) 51, 3-4: 305-328.

• Wilson, Richard A. (ed. 1997): Human Rights, Culture & Context: Anthropological Perspectives. London/Sterling: Pluto Press (Anthropology, Culture & Society). viii, 227 pp.

• The Internet is bad for democracy by James Crabtree. Read the article on openDemocracy.net.

• Internet: Viagra for political engagement? by Jan Steyaert. Read the article on openDemocracy.net.

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The following lists were compiled by chosen academics and professionals from all around the world. We have asked them to provide a short list of the books that have influenced their understanding of democracy.

Prof. Thorsten Bonacker, Centre for Conflict Studies, Philipps University - Marburg, Germany

• Mann, M. The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. Cambridge University Press, 2004
• Habermas, J. Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy. MIT Press, 1998
• Derrida, J. The Politics of Friendship. Verso Books, 1997
• Arendt, H. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Schocken, 2004

Robert Danisch, Dept of Communication Studies, Concordia University - Montreal, Canada

• Keith, W. Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement. Lexington Books, 2007
• Gastil, J. Democracy in Small Groups. New Society Publishers, 1993
• Garver, R. For the Sake of Argument: Practical Reasoning, Character, and the Ethics of Belief. University Chicago Press, 2004
• Danisch, R. Pragmatism, Democracy, and the Necessity of Rhetoric University of South Carolina Press, 2007
• Warner, M. Publics And Counterpublics Zone Books, 2005

Professor Robert Schrire, Dept of Political Studies, University of Cape Town - Cape Town, South Africa

• Dahl, R. Polyarchy. Yale University Press, 1972
• Downs, A. An Economic Theory of Democracy. Harper, 1957
• Olsen, M. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups. Harvard University Press, 1971
• Lipset, S. M. Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981

Nick Fraser, BBC Commissioning Editor - London, England

• Kynge, J. The World: The Rise of a Hungry Nation, Orion Books Limited, 2007
• Ringen, S. What Democracy Is for: On Freedom and Moral Government, Princeton University Press, 2007
• Cox, C. and Marks, J. The West, Islam and Islamism: Is Ideological Islam Compatible with Democracy?, Civitas, 2006
• Fukuyama, F. The End of History and the Last Man, Hamish Hamilton, 1992
• Runciman, D. The Politics Of Good Intentions: History, Fear and Hypocrisy in the New World Order, Princeton University Press, 2006

Débora Garcia, Project Development and Contents Supervisor, Canal Futura - Brazil

• Freire, P. Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001

Siyi Zhu - Future Global Leader, China

• de Tocqueville, A. Democracy in America. Penguin Classics, 2003.
• Said, E. W. Humanism and Democratic Criticism. Columbia University Press, 2004.
• Jian, Y. Democracy Is Good Stuff (Chinese). China Social Science Publishers, 2006

Anna-Maria Mueller - Ex-Communist pacifist, Germany

• Orwell, G. 1984, Signet Classics, 1961
• Huxley, A. Brave New World, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1988
• Goethe, J. W. Faust I and II, Princeton University Press, 1994
• More, T. Utopia, Penguin Classics, 2003

Salla Sorri - Golden-locked film maker/student/editor, Finland

• Satrapi, M. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, Pantheon Books, 2004
• Chang, J. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, HarperCollins Publishers, 2007
• Sacco, J. and Said, E. W. Palestine,Fantagraphics Books, 1993
• Kundera, M. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, HarperCollins, 2007
• Niyazov, S. Ruhnama (The Book of the Soul), Turkmenistan State Publication Services, 2001

Charlotte Meyer - Mad (Social) Scientist, Denmark

• Jungeson, C. The Exception, Nan A. Talese, 2007
• Turell, D. Vangede Billeder, Gyldendal, 1977
• Galeano, E.The Book of Embraces, W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
• Jian, M. Red Dust: A Path Through China, Pantheon Books, 2001

Yudhvir Ranchod - Political scientist and daydreamer, South Africa

• Biko, S. I Write What I Like, Heinemann International, 1987
• Stiglitz, J. Globalization and Its Discontents, W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
• Mamdani, M. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim,Three Leaves, 2005
• Fanon, F. Black Skin, White Masks, Grove Press, 1967
• Paton, A. Cry, the Beloved Country, C. Scribner's Sons, 1948

John MacFarlane - Journalist and environmentalist superhero, Canada

• Adorno, T. W. The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture, Routledge, 1991
• Bogel, F. V. The Difference Satire Makes: Rhetoric and Reading from Jonson to Byron, Cornell University Press, 2001
• Heath, J. and Potter, A. The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can't Be Jammed, HarperCollins, 2004
• Hutcheon, L. Irony's Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony, Routledge, 1995
• Jameson, F. Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Duke University Press, 1991