Democracies Online:
Promoting the development and sustainability of online civic
participation and democracy efforts around the world through
experience, outreach, and education.
http://www.e-democracy.org/do/
Comparative Democratization Project:
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.
http://democracy.stanford.edu/
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."
http://www.armazi.demon.co.uk/cipdd.html
Free China Movement:
Information and statements from the movement, with a discussion
forum.
http://www.freechina.net/
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.
http://www.ipu.org/
4Democracy:
A guide to democracy from 4anything.com, including links to various
civic organizations, political parties, and historical documents.
http://www.4democracy.com/
Democracy Watch:
An independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy
organization seeking to empower Canadians as voters, citizens,
taxpayers, and consumers.
http://www.dwatch.ca/
The Center for Democracy:
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, privately funded, program-creating
organization dedicated to the promotion of democratic institutions
and free-market societies worldwide.
http://www.centerfordemocracy.org/
Center for International Policy:
Founded in 1975 to promote a U.S. foreign policy that reflects
democratic values.
http://www.ciponline.org/
Celestial Democracy:
Scientologist site on democracy and political philosophy.
http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/
Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy:
CSID is a membership-based non-profit and non-private (501-c-3)
think tank dedicated to studying the relationship between Islam and
democracy.
http://www.islam-democracy.org
The Western Democratic Tradition:
An explanation and description of the western democratic tradition
by a professor of constitutional law.
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cooray/westdem/
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.
http://www.citidep.pt/
On Platos Criticism of Democracy:
Essay accepting Plato's observations of the weaknesses of democracy,
but recognizing that the weaknesses can be minimized.
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~chlim/plato.html
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. Site includes press releases,
strategy statement, current projects and publications, and partner
organizations.
http://www.cdd.org.uk/
Centre for Democratization Studies:
Activities, publications, and projects for this research group at
the University of Leeds.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/polis/democ2.htm
UNDP Democratization and Governance:
United Nations conference on new or restored democracies; documents,
statements, links, and related General Assembly resolutions
available.
http://www.undp.org/governance/
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.
http://www.ndi.org/
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.
http://www.ratifiersfordemocracy.org/
Democracy Experience:
Offers access to information and news about democracy. They make it
easy for the layperson by supplying contacts for political action.
http://www.democracy-experience.org/
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.
http://www.ned.org/
Network Democracy:
Projects involve the use of Internetworking technologies to
facilitate public participation in the processes of state, local and
federal governments.
http://www.network-democracy.org/
Electoral Systems:
Includes information about electoral systems of the world, as well
as a focus on proportional representation.
http://worldpolicy.org/americas/democracy/democracy.html
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.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/index.html
Center for Voting and Democracy:
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.
http://www.igc.apc.org/cvd/
Center for the Evolution of Democracy:
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.
http://www.cedemocracy.org/
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.
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/maxcrc/
Ethic of Citizenship:
Introduces the book "Toward an Ethic of Citizenship Creating a
Culture of Democracy for the 21st Century".
http://www.ethicofcitizenship.com
Universal Franchise:
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.
http://users.skynet.be/suffrage-universel/indexen.htm
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center:
An organization dedicated to helping progressives participate in
launching ballot intiatives and democratic action.
http://www.ballot.org/
International Republican Institute:
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.
http://www.iri.org/
Democratization Information Center:
An annotated listing of sites about democracy and democratization.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/a/das292/democratization.html
International Institute for Democracy:
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.
http://www.iidemocracy.coe.int/
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.
http://www.commonborders.org/
Procesos:
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.
http://www.procesos.org/english%20main.htm
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.
http://www.polsci.indiana.edu/ircd/
Improving Democracy:
Essays on the functioning of different forms of democracy and
suggestions for improvement.
http://thoughts.editthispage.com/democracy/
Americans for Representative Democracy (AFRD):
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.
http://www.afrd.org/
Democracy Lab:
Vermont-based group which provides services, information and
consultation for the purpose of enhancing participatory democracy.
http://www.democracylab.com/
Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (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.
http://www.jhubc.it/ccsdd/
Center for New Community:
Works to revitalize community toward democracy, justice, and racial
equality. Includes a calendar of events and resources.
http://www.newcomm.org/
Wikipedia: Democracy:
Definition from an open content encyclopedia.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
Democracy Coalition Project:
An Open Society Institute initiative supporting civil society
coalitions around the world that promote democratic reforms.
http://demcoalition.org
PSI - Defining Georgian Democracy:
Partnership for Social Initiatives' fundamental goal is to help
develop and advance democratic institutions and beliefs in Georgia.
http://www.psigeorgia.org/
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.
http://guibord.com/Democracy
Democracy-online:
Democracy-online covers the rise of the network society and the
co-evolution of democracy.
http://www.democracy-online.org
The World Wide Democracy Network:
Aims to link people wishing to contribute to the development of a
new paradigm of democracy based on soft-systems thinking and
complexity theory.
http://www.wwdemocracy.org
Institute for Multiparty Democracy IMD:
Supports the process of democratisation in young democracies. Based
in The Hague, Guatemala and Maputo (Mozambique).
http://www.nimd.org/
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.
http://democracy-africa.org/
MajorityVoice.com:
A free, non-partisan, local/global, issue-specific, democratic forum
system designed to enable humanity to define, proclaim and achieve
common goals.
http://MajorityVoice.com/
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.
http://www.statedemocracy.com
A More Perfect Union:
Challenges to American Democracy are discussed within this website,
along with sociological views of government. ThinkQuest
semifinalist.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26466/
