Political Science Issues: Democracy & Electoral Reform

Center for Democracy & Technology - promoting the potential of the global Internet

Democracy Net - The National Endowment for Democracy

Democracies Online - moderated e-mail list focusing on democracy and the Internet

Election Tracker: Angus Reid Global Scan - "a unique online dossier that monitors democratic conditions around the world, by reviewing background information, assessing the latest campaign news and events, describing trends in voting intention, and reporting on the outcome of a particular ballot."

Electoral reform Society - The Electoral Reform Society campaigns for a fair voting system which will improve democracy, allow politicians to better represent the people and help them to tackle the serious issues facing society.

International IDEA - Supporting democracy worldwide - The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an intergovernmental organization. Its programmes aim to provide knowledge to democracy builders; provide policy development and analysis and support democratic reform

OpenDemocracy - "OpenDemocracy is a channel for knowledge, learning, participation and understanding that is not owned by a media corporation, does not serve a special interest and does not adhere to a single ideological position". OpenDemocracy's aim is to cover the most pressing global issues of our time: from the North and the South, Globalisation to Internet Copyright, from Culture to Migration.

World Audit - The primary focus of this website is on democracy, human rights, press freedom, corruption and the rule of law, and it provides country reports and statistics from a number of organisations including Amnesty, the CIA, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF as well as from official government websites.

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