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Navigator to Direct Democracy
The Navigator features direct democracy procedures and practices worldwide (2018-20).
Democracy
ʺstaatsrecht.honikel.deʺ presents an introduction to the theories from Hobbes to present time (2022).
Direct Democracy Database
The Direct Democracy Database allows users to explore the different ways direct democracy is used in different countries (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance IDEA Sweden 2018)
Edmund Burke, Speech to the Electors of Bristol
3 Nov. 1774 (WORD-Datei)
Why Socrates Hated Democracy
We’re used to thinking well of democracy. But one of the wisest people who ever lived, Socrates, had deep suspicions of it (2022).
Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (1835)
The French aristocrat and liberal politician Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) visited the United States in 1835 (AmericanLiterature.com 2021).
The Social Contract
This wikipedia article is about Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 treatise. (2022)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract
An exploration of the theory of the Social Contract by French/Swiss Philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (10 minutes / USA: aristocrat 2022).
Thoreau’s Critique of Democracy in “Civil Disobedience”
Thoreau argues against submission to government policies that individuals deem immoral, few note that he also issues a sharp critique of representative democracy. This lesson focuses on that critique (USA 2021).