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access2democracy
www.access2democracy.org
Resources on the development of e-democracy.
Antoine Clarke's Election Watch
antoineclarke.blogspot.com/
Commentary on electoral politics in the US, UK, and France.
Centre for Deliberative Democracy
cdd.stanford.edu/
The Centre for Deliberative Democracy (CDD) is part of the Department of Communication at Stanford University, and conducts research on Deliberative Polling (that is, polling after participants have been exposed to key information, and given the opportunity to debate it among themselves and with experts). Contains plenty of information on how Deliberative Polling impacts on voter choice.
Citizens Assembly Blog
snider.blogs.com/citizensassembly/
Covers applications of the concept of citizens assemblies worldwide.
Journal of Democracy
muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/
Home page of the well-known journal, devoted to analysis of democratic regimes around the world; free access to some items (although students will probably have full access through their institution), plus podcasts of seminars and panel discussions.
Make My Vote Count
www.makemyvotecount.org.uk/news.html
A coalition that campaigns for the replacement of the so-called 'first past the post' system for Westminster elections with a form of proportional representation. Site includes a blog and forums discussing various topics in British democracy and party politics.
Republic
www.republic.org.uk/
A campaign for an elected British head of state.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
plato.stanford.edu/entries/democracy/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/citizenship/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/justification-public/
Entries on democracy, citizenship, and public justification.
Timeline: Democracy's Rocky Road
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7034525.stm
Interactive timeline charting the development of democracy worldwide from 4000 BC onwards, as compiled by the BBC News website.
Tomorrow's Europe
www.tomorrowseurope.eu/
Information on Tomorrow's Europe: a deliberative polling experiment which took place in October 2007, and involved a sample of voters from across the European Union.