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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
