| 3. | Free China Movement | | | Information and statements from the movement, with a discussion forum.
www.freechina.net |
| 4. | 4Democracy | | | A guide to democracy from 4anything.com, including links to various civic organizations, political parties, and historical documents.
www.4democracy.com |
| 5. | Democracy Watch | | | An independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy organization seeking to empower Canadians as voters, citizens, taxpayers, and consumers.
www.dwatch.ca |
| 7. | The Center for Democracy | | | A nonprofit, nonpartisan, privately funded, program-creating organization dedicated to the promotion of democratic institutions and free-market societies worldwide.
www.centerfordemocracy.org |
| 9. | Celestial Democracy | | | Scientologist site on democracy and political philosophy.
www.homestead.com |
| 10. | The Western Democratic Tradition | | | An explanation and description of the western democratic tradition by a professor of constitutional law.
www.ourcivilisation.com |
| 12. | 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.
www.citidep.pt |
| 13. | On Platos Criticism of Democracy | | | Essay accepting Plato's observations of the weaknesses of democracy, but recognizing that the weaknesses can be minimized.
web.singnet.com.sg |
| 14. | 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.
www.cdd.org.uk |
| 15. | UNDP Democratization and Governance | | | United Nations conference on new or restored democracies; documents, statements, links, and related General Assembly resolutions available.
www.undp.org |
| 16. | 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.
www.ndi.org |
| 17. | 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.
www.ratifiersfordemocracy.org |
| 18. | 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.
www.ned.org |
| 19. | 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.
www.state.gov |
| 20. | 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.
www.cedemocracy.org |
| 21. | 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.
www.angelfire.com |
| 24. | Ballot Initiative Strategy Center | | | An organization dedicated to helping progressives participate in launching ballot intiatives and democratic action.
www.ballot.org |
| 25. | 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.
www.iri.org |
| 26. | 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.
www.commonborders.org |
| 27. | 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.
www.polsci.indiana.edu |
| 28. | 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.
www.afrd.org |
| 29. | Democracy Lab | | | Vermont-based group which provides services, information and consultation for the purpose of enhancing participatory democracy.
www.democracylab.com |
| 30. | 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.
www.jhubc.it |
| 31. | Center for New Community | | | Works to revitalize community toward democracy, justice, and racial equality. Includes a calendar of events and resources.
www.newcomm.org |
| 32. | Democracy Coalition Project | | | An Open Society Institute initiative supporting civil society coalitions around the world that promote democratic reforms.
demcoalition.org |
| 33. | PSI - Defining Georgian Democracy | | | Partnership for Social Initiatives' fundamental goal is to help develop and advance democratic institutions and beliefs in Georgia.
www.psigeorgia.org |
| 34. | 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.
www.wwdemocracy.org |
| 36. | 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.
democracy-africa.org |
| 37. | MajorityVoice.com | | | A free, non-partisan, local/global, issue-specific, democratic forum system designed to enable humanity to define, proclaim and achieve common goals.
MajorityVoice.com |
| 39. | A More Perfect Union | | | Challenges to American Democracy are discussed within this website, along with sociological views of government. ThinkQuest semifinalist.
library.thinkquest.org |
| 40. | 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.
www.worldcitizen.org |
| 41. | 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.
www.wmd.org |
| 42. | Time to Reengineer Democracy? | | | An invitation to a broad discussion to explore a reengineering of democracy for the better of all people on earth.
www.reengineerdemocracy.com |
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