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Literally "rule by the people," democracy is a system of government in which the candidates or policies which garner the widest support of the populace (usually measured by direct voting) are adopted. In addition to theoretical considerations of democratic government and competing democratic systems, this category also includes organizations and resources on subjects such as democracy-building and enlivening debate in democratic societies.

Subcategories

• Criticisms of Democracy
• Direct Democracy
• Issue Polls
• Voting Systems

Resources in This Category

• 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.

• Center for International Policy

  http://www.ciponline.org/
  Founded in 1975 to promote a U.S. foreign policy that reflects democratic values.

• 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.

• 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.

• Democracies Online

  http://forums.e-democracy.org/projects/know/dowire/
  Promoting the development and sustainability of online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through experience, outreach, and education.

• Democracy

  http://www.guibord.com/democracy/
  Personal page posits that the "essence of Democracy" the way Greeks from antiquity meant it and lived it, is the exact opposite of the so-called "democracies" of today.

• Democracy Chronicles

  http://www.democracychronicles.com/
  International team of over fifty authors writing about the struggle for free and fair elections on every continent, with a focus on election reform in the United States.

• Democracy Watch

  http://democracywatch.ca/
  An independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy organization seeking to empower Canadians as voters, citizens, taxpayers, and consumers.

• Ethic of Citizenship

  http://www.ethicofcitizenship.com/
  Introduces the book "Toward an Ethic of Citizenship Creating a Culture of Democracy for the 21st Century".

• 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.

• Free China Movement

  http://www.freechina.net/
  Information and statements from the movement, with a discussion forum.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO)

  http://simpol.org/
  A plan to transform the ruthless competition of globalization into global cooperation.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Ratifiers for Democracy

  http://www.ratifiersfordemocracy.net/
  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

  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.

• 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.

• 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.

• UNDP Democratic Governance

  http://www.undp.org/governance/
  United Nations work on new or restored democracies. Includes projects, documents, statements, resources and related General Assembly resolutions.

• Websters World of Cultural Democracy

  http://www.wwcd.org/
  A Web center for information and discussion about the world of cultural democracy.

• Wikipedia: Democracy

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
  Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about the theory, types and history of the democratic political system.

• World Movement for Democracy

  http://www.movedemocracy.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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