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Centre for Deliberative Democracy
cdd.stanford.edu/
The Centre for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University conducts research into Deliberative Polling. Contains plenty of information on how Deliberative Polling works, and the results of past polls.
deliberative-democracy.net
http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/
The website of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, a group which promotes deliberative democracy in the US and abroad.
Electoral Reform Society
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/index.php
A group which campaigns for a change to the British electoral system from ‘first-past-the-post’ to the ‘Single Transferable Vote’.
Freedom House
http://www.freedomhouse.org/
A renowned independent watchdog that monitors the state of freedom and democracy across the world.
HM Government e-petitions
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/
Since 2011, British citizens have been able to start and sign online petitions which, if signed by 100,000 people,will be considered for parliamentary debate. The Obama White House has a similar scheme, called ‘We The People’, here: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions.
Philosophy Bites
http://philosophybites.com/2008/11/anne-phillips-o.html
http://philosophybites.com/2013/10/robert-talisse-on-the-importance-of-argument-in-politics.html
https://philosophybites.com/2018/07/robert-b-talisse-on-overdoing-democracy.html
Podcasts in which Anne Phillips discusses the representation of women in a representative democracy, Robert Talisse discusses the importance of democratic argument, and Talisse argues that you can overdo democracy.
Republic
www.republic.org.uk/
A campaign for an elected British head of state.
Forum for Philosophy
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/democracy-in-the-workplace/
Discussion of the place of democracy in the workplace.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
plato.stanford.edu/entries/democracy/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/citizenship/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/justification-public/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/political-representation/
Entries on democracy, citizenship, public justification, and political representation.
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.