Chapter 14 Web Links

Chapter fourteen: Democratization and Regime Change

http://www.afrobarometer.org
The site for national public attitude surveys on democracy, markets, and civil society in Africa.

http://www.freedomhouse.org
The site of the US-based Freedom House, which includes access to its annual comparative measures of freedom.

http://www.icnl.org/
The International Center for Non-Profit Law (ICNL) provides up-to date data and information on issues affecting civil society around the world.

http://www.idea.int
The site of the multi-member International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Stockholm), and its democracy research and promotion activities.

http://www.latinobarometro.org
The site for national public attitude surveys in Latin America.

http://www.ned.org
The site of the Washington-based, non-governmental National Endowment for Democracy, which houses the International Forum for Democratic Studies.

http://www.oas.org
The site of the Organization of American States (OAS), containing statements on themes such as strengthening the democratic commitment and protecting human rights.

http://www.un.org/democracyfund/
Includes the UN Secretary-General’s ‘Guidance Note’ applying to all UN democracy promotion activities.

http://www.undp.org/governance
Presents the work of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on democratic governance.

https://v-dem.net/en/
Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM) offer a new approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy; co-hosted by the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame, IN.

http://www.journalofdemocracy.org and http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fdem20
The Journal of Democracy (edited in the United States) and Democratization (edited in the UK) are two well-known journals, the second publishing an annual digest of the latest Freedom House survey.