Democracy

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/

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/

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

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/

Ballot Initiative Strategy Center - An organization dedicated to helping progressives participate in launching ballot intiatives and democratic action.
http://www.ballot.org/

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.
http://www.wmd.org/

IDEA - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - Objective is to promote and advance sustainable democracy and to improve and consolidate electoral processes world-wide.
http://www.idea.int/

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/

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

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

Network for Economic and Political Democracy - Aims to create the conditions for an alternative to New Labour and a new, truly democratic society.
http://www.nepd.org.uk

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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.
http://www.worldcitizen.org/

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/

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/

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

A More Perfect Union - Challenges to American Democracy are discussed, along with sociological views of government. ThinkQuest semifinalist.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26466/

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

Wikipedia: Democracy - Definition from an open content encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

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/

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

Celestial Democracy - Scientologist site on democracy and political philosophy.
http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/

On Plato's 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

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.
http://www.fairvote.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/

Islamic Iran Participation Front - Promoting democracy in Iran.
http://www.mosharekat.com/

Indonesia: The People's Resistance in Indonesia [CSVI] - The Indonesian Page of People Movement for Justice and Democracy.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~peace/www.html

Democracy Coalition Project - An Open Society Institute initiative supporting civil society coalitions around the world that promote democratic reforms.
http://demcoalition.org

Time to Reengineer Democracy? - An invitation to a broad discussion to explore a reengineering of democracy for the better of all people on earth.
http://www.reengineerdemocracy.com

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

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.
http://www.cdd.org.uk/