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UNDP Democratization and Governance - http://www.undp.org/governance/
United Nations conference on new or restored democracies; documents, statements, links, and related General Assembly resolutions available. |
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Center for Media and Democracy - http://www.prwatch.org/
A non-profit organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry. Serves citizens, journalists and researchers seeking to recognize and combat manipulative and misleading PR practices. |
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IDEA - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - http://www.idea.int/
Objective is to promote and advance sustainable democracy and to improve and consolidate electoral processes world-wide. |
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Comparative Democratization Project - http://democracy.stanford.edu/
A Stanford University project studying emerging democracies. Features a large directory of Internet resources, a collection of syllabi from leading democracy scholars, and seminar papers. |
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Center for International Policy - http://www.ciponline.org/
Founded in 1975 to promote a U.S. foreign policy that reflects democratic values. |
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National Endowment for Democracy - http://www.ned.org/
A private, nonprofit, grant-making organization created to strengthen democratic institutions around the world. Offers access to research and analysis of democratic development around the world. |
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Democracies Online - http://www.e-democracy.org/do/
Promoting the development and sustainability of online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through experience, outreach, and education. |
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Center for New Community - http://www.newcomm.org/
Works to revitalize community toward democracy, justice, and racial equality. Includes a calendar of events and resources. |
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National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - http://www.ndi.org/
Non-profit organization associated with the Democratic Party of the United States. Site describes current programs and research projects on the development of democracy, as well as a searchable resource exchange for democratic activists and practitioners. |
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Ballot Initiative Strategy Center - http://www.ballot.org/
An organization dedicated to helping progressives participate in launching ballot intiatives and democratic action. |
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International Republican Institute - http://www.iri.org/
Non-partisan Washington, DC-based group which conducts programs outside the United States to promote democracy and strengthen free markets and the rule of law. Site lists activities, volunteer opportunities, links, and historical speeches. |
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CITIDEP - http://www.citidep.pt/
A non-profit, multi-national research institution on participatory democracy, with focus on the impact of information technologies. Site lists activities, research areas, papers, and events. |
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The Center for Democracy - http://www.centerfordemocracy.org/
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, privately funded, program-creating organization dedicated to the promotion of democratic institutions and free-market societies worldwide. |
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Websters World of Cultural Democracy - http://www.wwcd.org/
A Web center for information and discussion about the world of cultural democracy. |
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor - http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/index.html
One of the four bureaus that comprise the Office of the Under Secretary for Global Affairs. Responsibilities include promoting democracy worldwide, formulating U.S. human rights policies, and coordinating policy in human rights-related labor issues. |
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Democracy Watch - http://www.dwatch.ca/
An independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy organization seeking to empower Canadians as voters, citizens, taxpayers, and consumers. |
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International Institute for Democracy - http://www.iidemocracy.coe.int/
Policy institute focusing on European and international democracy and human rights. Provides news, event information, and recent publications as well as general information on IIDs objectives and activities. |
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Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) - http://www.armazi.demon.co.uk/cipdd.html
"Main Objectives are to promote democratic and free-market values, to publicize the major achievements of Western democratic thought, and to encourage a non-partisan theoretical analysis of the problems of the post-communist transition process in Georgia and the Caucasus region." |
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Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy - http://www.islam-democracy.org
CSID is a membership-based non-profit and non-private (501-c-3) think tank dedicated to studying the relationship between Islam and democracy. |
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Zimbabwe Democracy Trust - http://www.zimbabwedemocracytrust.org/
Aimed at promoting democracy in Zimbabwe, based in London. Current news, articles, and letters about the abuses of the Mugabe regime. |
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The Western Democratic Tradition - http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cooray/westdem/
An explanation and description of the western democratic tradition by a professor of constitutional law. |
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Centre for Democracy and Development - http://www.cdd.org.uk/
A non-profit, non governmental, institution dedicated to policy-oriented scholarship on questions of democratic development and peace-building in West Africa. Site includes press releases, strategy statement, current projects and publications, and partner organizations. |
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Democracy 2000 - http://www.democracy2000.org/
A non-profit organization that helps develop and implement ways to involve citizens in local and national civic life. They also help organize political debates. |
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Islamic Iran Participation Front - http://www.mosharekat.com/
Promoting democracy in Iran. |
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Democracy Lab - http://www.democracylab.com/
Vermont-based group which provides services, information and consultation for the purpose of enhancing participatory democracy. |
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Center for the Evolution of Democracy - http://www.cedemocracy.org/
A non-profit organization dedicated to the task of making new ideas and information available for the purpose of democratizing undemocratic systems, and for improving democratic processes that are still only partially realized. |
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Democracy Experience - http://www.democracy-experience.org/
Offers access to information and news about democracy. They make it easy for the layperson by supplying contacts for political action. |
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Network Democracy - http://www.network-democracy.org/
Projects involve the use of Internetworking technologies to facilitate public participation in the processes of state, local and federal governments. |
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Americans for Representative Democracy (AFRD) - http://www.afrd.org/
Dedicated to the advocacy, promotion, and deeper understanding of the advantages of representative democracy, as opposed to direct democracy, especially as practiced in the United States. |
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Ratifiers for Democracy - http://www.ratifiersfordemocracy.org/
A democratic model that harmonizes representative and direct democracy, to ensure that legislation is citizen-mandated, and to be a loophole-free way to clean up the control that money and special interests now have in politics. |
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Free China Movement - http://www.freechina.net/
Information and statements from the movement, with a discussion forum. |
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Maximiliano Herrera Human Rights Site - http://www.angelfire.com/ma/maxcrc/
Personal site dedicated to the promotion of the freedom and the democracy around the world. Includes international election calendar, freedom ratings, links to international media and organizations, and a list of countries facing political instability. |
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Procesos - http://www.procesos.org/english%20main.htm
Central American Program for Democratic Sustainability, a center for research, promotion, training and consulting aimed at contributing to the development of democracy in Central America and the Caribbean. Goals, research areas, projects, and staff members. |
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On Platos Criticism of Democracy - http://web.singnet.com.sg/~chlim/plato.html
Essay accepting Plato's observations of the weaknesses of democracy, but recognizing that the weaknesses can be minimized. |
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Indonesia: The People's Resistance in Indonesia [CSVI] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~peace/www.html
The Indonesian Page of People Movement for Justice and Democracy. |
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Universal Franchise - http://users.skynet.be/suffrage-universel/indexen.htm
Articles, links, bibliographies on the intersections of citizenship, democracy, ethnicity, nationality; advocates that voting be opened to non-citizens. Mainly in French, some content in English and Dutch. |
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Electoral Systems - http://worldpolicy.org/americas/democracy/democracy.html
Includes information about electoral systems of the world, as well as a focus on proportional representation. |
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CommonBorders - http://www.commonborders.org/
A non-partisan organization of volunteer international election observers based in Victoria, British Columbia. Site describes activities in Latin America, lists goals and objectives, and provides application form. |
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Ethic of Citizenship - http://www.ethicofcitizenship.com
Introduces the book "Toward an Ethic of Citizenship Creating a Culture of Democracy for the 21st Century". |
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International Resource Center for Democracy (IRCD) - http://www.polsci.indiana.edu/ircd/
An independent endeavor to make scholarly ideas and information on democracy more accessible, housed at Indiana University. Links to political and activist resources as well as constitutions, elections, human rights, and regionally oriented sites. |
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Celestial Democracy - http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/
Scientologist site on democracy and political philosophy. |
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Democratization Information Center - http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/a/das292/democratization.html
An annotated listing of sites about democracy and democratization. |
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Centre for Democratization Studies - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/polis/democ2.htm
Activities, publications, and projects for this research group at the University of Leeds. |
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Wikipedia: Democracy - http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
Definition from an open content encyclopedia. |
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Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - http://www.ipu.org/
The world organization of parliaments. Site about parliamentary democracy, elections, human rights, participation of women in politics, and about how it all works on the level of national legislative institutions and internationally. |
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4Democracy - http://www.4democracy.com/
A guide to democracy from 4anything.com, including links to various civic organizations, political parties, and historical documents. |
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Improving Democracy - http://thoughts.editthispage.com/democracy/
Essays on the functioning of different forms of democracy and suggestions for improvement. |
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Alliance for Democracy - http://www.afd-online.org/
A Populist movement promoting the end of what they believe to be the domination of our society and government by large corporations. |
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A More Perfect Union - http://library.advanced.org/26466
Challenges to American Democracy are discussed within this website, along with sociological views of government. ThinkQuest semifinalist. By Eric Barr and Taylor Rankin. |
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Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD) - http://www.jhubc.it/ccsdd/
Johns Hopkins University institute providing research and training for individuals and groups from countries undergoing the process of democratic transition in Central and South Eastern Europe, as well as North Africa. Site provides publications, conference information, and activist resources. |