Comparative Democratization Project*Cool Site* - 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.
About 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.
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center - An organization dedicated to helping progressives participate in launching ballot intiatives and democratic action.
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor - 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.
Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) - "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."
Celestial Democracy - Scientologist site on democracy and political philosophy.
Centre for Democracy and Development - 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.
CITIDEP - 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.
CommonBorders - 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.
Democracies Online - Promoting the development and sustainability of online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through experience, outreach, and education.
Democracy Coalition Project - An Open Society Institute initiative supporting civil society coalitions around the world that promote democratic reforms.
Democracy Watch - An independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy organization seeking to empower Canadians as voters, citizens, taxpayers, and consumers.
Ethic of Citizenship - Introduces the book "Toward an Ethic of Citizenship Creating a Culture of Democracy for the 21st Century".
FairVote - 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.
Foundation for Democracy in Africa - A Washington based non-profit, nonpartisan organization focused on strengthening and enhancing the fundamental principles of democracy, and freedom in Africa.
Free China Movement - Information and statements from the movement, with a discussion forum.
Institute for Multiparty Democracy IMD - Supports the process of democratisation in young democracies. Based in The Hague, Guatemala and Maputo (Mozambique).
International Resource Center for Democracy (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.
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - 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.
MajorityVoice.com - A free, non-partisan, local/global, issue-specific, democratic forum system designed to enable humanity to define, proclaim and achieve common goals.
Maximiliano Herrera Human Rights Site - 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.
A More Perfect Union - Challenges to American Democracy are discussed, along with sociological views of government. ThinkQuest semifinalist.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - 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.
National Endowment for Democracy - 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.
Network Democracy - Projects involve the use of Internetworking technologies to facilitate public participation in the processes of state, local and federal governments.
On Plato's Criticism of Democracy - Essay accepting Plato's observations of the weaknesses of democracy, but recognizing that the weaknesses can be minimized.
PSI - Defining Georgian Democracy - Partnership for Social Initiatives' fundamental goal is to help develop and advance democratic institutions and beliefs in Georgia.
Ratifiers for Democracy - 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.
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.
Time to Reengineer Democracy? - An invitation to a broad discussion to explore a reengineering of democracy for the better of all people on earth.
UNDP Democratization and Governance - United Nations conference on new or restored democracies; documents, statements, links, and related General Assembly resolutions available.
World Citizen Foundation - 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.
World Movement for Democracy - 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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