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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1 Bringing Knowledge to Bear on Politics: The Uses and Misuses of Data in Democracy Promotion -- 2 Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: An Evaluation of Alternative Indices -- 3 Drawing Boundaries: The Crafting of Intermediate Regime Categories -- 4 Producing and Validating Political Data: The Case of the Electoral Democracy Index -- 5 Assessing Elections: A Methodology for Election Observation Missions -- 6 Revisiting Concepts: Democracy and Other Political Values -- 7 Developing Measures: Beyond Electoral Democracy -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Realignments Perspective -- Chapter 3 Framing the Critique -- Chapter 4 The Cyclical Dynamic -- Chapter 5 Processes and Issues -- Chapter 6 Policies and Democracy -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Index.

front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Democracy Challenged: Demography, Technology, and Democratic Possibilities -- Part I: Social Heterogeneity and Democracy: Challenges and Opportunities -- 2. Problems of Democratic Transition in Divided Societies -- 3. Citizens, Identities, and Democratic Dialogues: Opportunities and Challenges of Diverse Societies -- 4. Democracy, Diversity, and Leadership -- 5. Electoral Engineering, Social Cleavages, and Democracy -- Part II: Technology and Democracy: Mass-Elite Linkages in the Twenty-first Century -- 6. Technological Advances and Individual Liberties: Privacy and the Reach of the State in the Twenty-first Century -- 7. Engineering Consent: The Persistence of a Problematic Communication Regime -- 8. The Internet and Political Fragmentation -- Contributors -- Index -- back cover.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Restoring the Vital Center -- 1 Overcoming Polarization: The New Social Morality -- 2 Nurturing Economic Growth and the Values of American Democracy -- Part Two: Reforming Social Security and Health Care -- 3 Social Security and Medicare Reform for the Twenty-First Century -- 4 The Ethics of America's Health Care Debate -- Part Three: Diversity and Unity -- 5 Religion as Unifier and Divider -- 6 Diversity, Community, and Government -- 7 Immigration and Social Disorder -- Part Four: Security and Liberty -- 8 Fighting the War on Terrorism -- 9 Constitutional Responsibility in the War on Terrorism -- Part Five: Character, Citizenship, and Values -- 10 Character Education and the Challenge of Raising a Moral Generation -- 11 Citizenship, Civic Unity, and National Service -- 12 The Fair Society -- Part Six: Environmental and Electoral Reform -- 13 Toward a Sustainable Environmentalism -- 14 Is Reform of America's Electoral System Possible? -- Conclusion: The Impact of Fateful Trends -- Contributors -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. GLOBALISATION OF THE RIGHT TO FREE ELECTIONS -- 1.2. EUROPEAN SOURCES OF THE RIGHT TO FREE ELECTIONS -- 1.3. THE EUROPEAN ELECTORAL HERITAGE -- 2. The scope of the right to free elections -- 2.1. THE SCOPE OF ARTICLE 3 OF PROTOCOL NO. 1 -- 2.2. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RIGHT TO FREE ELECTIONS AND THE OTHER RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY THE CONVENTION -- 3. The rules governing the right to free elections -- 3.1. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUFFRAGE -- 3.2. CONDITIONS FOR EXERCISING SUFFRAGE -- 3.3. THE CHOICE OF ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND ELECTORAL RULES -- 3.4. SUPERVISION OF INTERFERENCE IN SUFFRAGE -- 4. Electoral operations -- 4.1. FUNDAMENTAL SAFEGUARDS -- 4.2. CONDUCT OF ELECTORAL OPERATIONS -- 4.3. JUDICIAL SUPERVISION OF ELECTORAL OPERATIONS -- 4.4. THE OBSERVATION AND EVALUATION OF ELECTIONS -- Conclusion -- Thematic index -- Case law index -- Select bibliography.

El voto en la antigüedad: Grecia, Roma, Cartago, La Germania. -- El voto en las naciones modernas: Gran Bretaña, Francia, Italia, Países Bajos, Bélgica, Prusia y Alemania del norte, Sajonia y Baviera, Austria-Hungría, Suiza, Grecia, Portugal, Estados Unidos, Brasil, Méjico, Chile y Perú, Ecuador y Bolivia, costa Rica, El Salvador y la Confederación Argentina. -- El voto en España. -- Resumen. RESUMEN : Contiene el estudio histórico y critico de los distintos sistemas de organización que ha tenido el derecho electoral en todos los pueblos donde la intervención del ciudadano en los asuntos públicos ha sido mayor o menor, conforme a la extensión del derecho del voto.

Democratization in Africa: African Views, African Voices -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Background and Purpose of the Workshops -- 1 The Movement Toward Democracy in Africa -- IMPACT OF NEW EXTERNAL ACTORS -- COLONIAL LEGACY AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN SOCIETIES -- DEMOCRACY AND AFRICAN VALUES -- POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION -- 2 Transitions to Democracy in Africa -- MODES OF TRANSITION IN AFRICA -- FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS -- The Cult of Personality -- Zero-Sum Politics -- The Military -- Managing Ethnicity -- The Role of Women -- PRECONDITIONS FOR DEMOCRACY -- Legal Order and Basic Rights -- Values of Democracy -- Competent State -- ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY -- Committed Minority -- Courage -- 3 Democracy and Governance in Africa -- GOVERNANCE AND AFRICAN POLITICS -- POPULAR PARTICIPATION -- NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY -- CORRUPTION -- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- DECENTRALIZATION AND DEVOLUTION OF POWER -- MODES OF REPRESENTATION -- 4 Institutions Needed to Sustain Democracy -- CONSTITUTIONS -- RECONSTITUTING THE MILITARY -- INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS -- TRANSNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CENTER -- 5 Role of Extra-African Forces in Democratization -- PROBLEMS WITH AID IN AFRICA -- CHALLENGES FACED BY AFRICAN COUNTRIES -- ROLE OF DONORS IN DEMOCRATIZATION -- Assisting Political Change -- Removal of Dictators -- Reduction of Military Assistance -- Promotion of Civic Groups -- Improving Economic Conditions in Africa -- Forgiving Debt -- Reducing Western Trade Protectionism -- Instituting Fiscal Reforms -- Targeting Human Development -- Capital Flight -- Assistance with Institutional Change -- Constitutions -- Critical National Institutions -- The Press -- Civil Service -- Electoral Systems -- Greater Utilization of African Talent.