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Politics, Legislation, and the Work of Democracy

ArbatovAlexey G. Arbatov; Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation: "Making Foreign Policy in Democratic Russia" 3/4/03
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AslundAnders Aslund; Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute, Washington, D.C.:“Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed in Russia,”2/12/08
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Critin Jack Citrin; Professor Political Science, UC Berkeley: "Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and American National Identity," 8/1/07
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CookSteven A. Cook; Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: ”The Implications of Military Rule for Democratization in the Middle East,” 1/31/08
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CranstonAlan Cranston; former U.S. Senator from California: "Democracy, Disarmament, and Public Education," 4/17/00
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D'AlemaMassimo D'Alema; former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Democrats of the Left party: "Italy, Europe, and the Left," 6/11/02
Vedi anche l'intervista con D'Alema in Italiano
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DellumsRonald V. Dellums; Former U.S. Representative, Ninth Congressional District, California: "Legislating for the People," 2/10/00
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DeLongJ. Bradford DeLong; Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley: "Economics, Politics and Public Discourse," 10/5/07
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Freeman Richard B. Freeman; Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University: "Global Capitalism, Labor Markets, and Inequality” 10/31/07
video (2007)

GradinAnita Gradin; Swedish legislator and diplomat; former European Commissioner: "Securing the Rights of Women," 2/28/01
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JohnsonHaynes Johnson; Journalist and writer: "McCarthyism," 10/28/05
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KinnockNeil Kinnock; Member of British Parliament and former Head of the Labour Party of Great Britain: "The Work of Politics," 3/9/94

KingSir David King; Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Great Britain: "Science and Public Policy," 9/15/05
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LaphamLewis H. Lapham; Editor of Harper's Magazine, 1976-2006: "An Editor's Odyssey," 10/7/06
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MikvaAbner J. Mikva; former Congressman, Appellate Judge, and Counsel to the President"Politics, Values, and the Separation of Powers," 4/12/99
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PanettaLeon Panetta; former Congressman and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget: "Leadership, Values, and the Changing Face of Politics," 5/22/00
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PattenChristopher Patten; Secretary of State for Environment, Great Britain: "Shaping Environmental Policy," 8/10/89
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PiersonPaul Pierson; Avice Saint Chair in Public Policy, Department of Political Science, UCB: "The Transformation of American Politics," 12/1/05
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PolsbyNelson W. Polsby; Heller Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley: "Institutional Change in the U.S. Congress," 9/4/02
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RehnOlli Rehn; Research Director, University of Finland: "Finland in a Changing World," 2/26/03
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SimpsonAlan K. Simpson; former U.S. Senator, Wyoming: "Let 'er Rip: Reflections of a Rocky Mountain Senator," 9/17/97
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Speth James Gustave Speth; Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University: "Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,” 04/02/08
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VilenJari Vilén; Minister for Foreign Trade: "Finland and the Global Economy," 1/23/03
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VogelDavid Vogel; Solomon P. Lee Distinguished Professor in Business Ethics, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley: "Business, Government, and Ethics in an Era of Globalization," 7/11/07
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VoigtKarsten Voigt; Coordinator for German-American Cooperation; German Foreign Office: "Democracy and Foreign Policy," 2/16/01
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WarrenElizabeth Warren; Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard University: "Law, Politics, and the Coming Collapse of the Middle Class," 3/8/07
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WolpeHoward Wolpe; Congressional Representative and Chair of the House Subcommitteeon Africa: "The Role of Congress in Foreign Policy," 11/12/82
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