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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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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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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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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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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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Wikipedia: Democracy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
Definition from an open content encyclopedia. |
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FairVote - http://www.fairvote.org/
Provides information to the public about the impact of voting systems on political representation, proportional representation, voter turnout, and the influence of money in elections. |
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World Movement for Democracy - http://www.wmd.org/
Nongovernmental effort to strengthen democracy where it is weak, to reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered into a process of democratic transition. |
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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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Democracies Online - http://dowire.org
Promoting the development and sustainability of online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through experience, outreach, and education. |
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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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Institute for Multiparty Democracy IMD - http://www.nimd.org/
Supports the process of democratisation in young democracies. Based in The Hague, Guatemala and Maputo (Mozambique). |
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International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO) - http://simpol.org/
A plan to transform the ruthless competition of globalization into global cooperation. |
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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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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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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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StateDemocracy.com - http://www.statedemocracy.com
Aims to increase the American public's participation in the legislative processes for more democratic representation. Reports current events in Congress and State legislatures and offers communication between Citizens, legislators and interest groups. |
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World Citizen Foundation - http://www.worldcitizen.org/
Nonprofit nonpartisan think-tank dedicated to the design of solutions to international problems based on the fundamental principles of equal human dignity, liberty, democracy and constitutionally protected basic rights of all. Activities, resources, volunteer information, staff, and petitions. |
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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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Foundation for Democracy in Africa - http://democracy-africa.org/
A Washington based non-profit, nonpartisan organization focused on strengthening and enhancing the fundamental principles of democracy, and freedom in Africa. |
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Democracy Coalition Project - http://demcoalition.org
An Open Society Institute initiative supporting civil society coalitions around the world that promote democratic reforms. |
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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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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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Free China Movement - http://www.freechina.net/
Information and statements from the movement, with a discussion forum. |
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PSI - Defining Georgian Democracy - http://www.psigeorgia.org/
Partnership for Social Initiatives' fundamental goal is to help develop and advance democratic institutions and beliefs in Georgia. |
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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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Islamic Iran Participation Front - http://www.mosharekat.com/
Promoting democracy in Iran. |
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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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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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A More Perfect Union - http://library.thinkquest.org/26466/
Challenges to American Democracy are discussed, along with sociological views of government. ThinkQuest semifinalist. |
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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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Celestial Democracy - http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/
Scientologist site on democracy and political philosophy. |
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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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MajorityVoice.com - http://majorityvoice.com/
A free, non-partisan, local/global, issue-specific, democratic forum system designed to enable humanity to define, proclaim and achieve common goals. |
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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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About Democracy - http://guibord.com/Democracy
Details how "the essence of Democracy" the way Greeks from antiquity meant it and lived it is the exact opposite of our so-called "democracies" of today. |
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Time to Reengineer Democracy? - http://www.reengineerdemocracy.com
An invitation to a broad discussion to explore a reengineering of democracy for the better of all people on earth. |
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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. Press releases, strategy statement, current projects and publications, and partner organizations. |
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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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Network for Economic and Political Democracy - http://www.nepd.org.uk
Aims to create the conditions for an alternative to New Labour and a new, truly democratic society. |