Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials
Video and Multimedia
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Audio
Audio: A Modern Mexico?: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/jan-june00/mexico_election_6-29.html#
Video
Video: Coups in West Africa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_ICvGtEKI
Video: Anniversary of 1964 Brazil Coup: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17565001
Video: Burma’s Unlikely Revolution from Above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCeCfaqfots
Video: The Revolutions of 1989: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc2XGHA7NK4
Video: Really a Revolution?: http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history/videos/really-a-revolution
Video: Communist Takeover of China: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-PbppXLic
Video: Iranian Revolution, 1979: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s5pRsCWW9k
Video: Interview with Nelson Mandela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMl1lBPHp0o
Video: Five Lessons For Nations in Transition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CDHAA4ZYww
Video: On Democratization in the Middle East: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK3tNAsbEtU
Video: Why Egypt is Not a Good Example of Democratization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUpjuPehgvs
Video: The Dictator’s Learning Curve: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oul8Dq8dH44
Video: Putin’s 2008 Election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQchqQB_Hws&list=PLE5898CE4877F4D8C
Video: New Parallel PDP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWomWnkPAo
Video: Two Party System Will Deepen Nigeria’s Democracy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZktaXzdHmUQ
Video: Levine and Molina on The Quality of Democracy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33BY1y-JxGs
Web Resources
Freedom House, Freedom in the World, 2016: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2016
Global Integrity: http://www.globalintegrity.org/
Polity IV Project, 2016, “Global Trends in Governance, 1800–2014”: http://www.systemicpeace.org/polityproject.html
Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index: http://www.transparency.org/research/cpi/overview
Unified Democracy Scores: http://www.unified-democracy-scores.org