Links
Research Centres and Institutes
- The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
- Useful resource for academic and practical research that examines governance failures and that aims to understand how development, democracy and the rule of law can be promoted.
- The Centre for Direct Democracy
- Offers electoral analysis from around the world from a direct democracy perspective. Created within the department of Constitutional Law at the University of Geneva, it aims to unite scholars and researchers from different backgrounds.
- The Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California , Irvine
- Sponsors research and education aimed at improving the democratic process in the United States and expanding democracy around the world.
- Freedom House
- A non-profit organization conducting research on democracy and democracy promotion around the world
- International Forum for Democracy Studies
- A centre for analysis and discussion of democratic development worldwide, and a clearinghouse for information on groups and institutions working to achieve and maintain democracy around the world.
- World Audit
- An educative website focusing on issues of democracy, human rights, press freedom, corruption and the rule of law.
Activist Forums
- The Centre for Media and Democracy
- Investigates and exposes public relations spin in the United States .
- Extreme Democracy
- A book and discussion forum for networked activists
- FairVote
- A catalyst for electoral reform in the United States
- MoveOn
- A family of organizations attempting to re-ignite democratic participation ‘a way for busy but concerned citizens to find their political voice in a system dominated by big money and big media.'
- Open Democracy
- An independent website on global current affairs. Offers news & analysis of global politics, democracy & elections.
- The Project for Global Democracy and Human Rights
- Explores issues of democracy and human rights in the context of globalization. Identifies problems, and points to solutions, with an emphasis on multilateral approaches.
- World Parliament Experiment
- A website dedicated to the establishment of a virtual world parliament.
Electoral Analysis
- Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
- A collaborative program of cross-national research among election studies conducted in over fifty states.
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
- A research and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and advancing sustainable democracy world-wide and to improving and consolidating electoral processes.
- Lijphart Elections Archive
- A research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries that was maintained through 2003.
- Proportional Representation (PR) Library
- A source of information on proportional representation elections.
International Centers
- The Centre for Democracy and Development
- An NGO dedicated to policy-orieted scholarship on questions of democracy and development, specializing in peace and human rights issues in Africa .
- The Center for Democracy and Technology
- Works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy.
United Nations Links
- The United Nations Development Programme, Democratic Governance
- UNESCO Centre for Education for Pluralism, Human Rights and Democracy
- UNDP Democratic Governance project
- UNRISD Democracy, Governance and Human Rights research
Endorsements
“Models is the kind of established classic which both demands and merits revision every decade or so. The new chapter on deliberative democracy for the third edition, concise and perceptive as always, maintains Held's reputation at the forefront of democratic thinkers today.”
— David Beetham, University of Leeds