Democratic governance
- More freedom, less terror?
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This study examines six Arab countries to explore how liberalisation processes can influence calculations regarding political violence in various domestic contexts. It addresses the following questions: has the introduction of politiical reforms into the Arab Middle East alleviated terrorism and violent extremism? If so, in what ways and under what conditions? If not, why? Can the reversal of reforms and a return to repressive policies increase the risk of terrorism over time? In short, what are the effects of liberalisation processes on the resort to political violence—immediate and delayed—in this critical area of the world?
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Improving security and justice through security sector reform
- ( N. Bagayoko-Penone / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information , 2010)
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Since the late 1990s, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal activity for promoting peace and stability, and a priority for donors in post-conflict countries. This issue of insight...
- The supervision of security should be the responsibility of civilians
- ( C. Contreras (ed) / La Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) , 2007)
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The goal of this report is to contribute to an understanding of the political and institutional processes taking place in Latin America related to the security sector since the region's wide-s...
- Is civil society a real vehicle for democratisation?
- ( G. Cawthra (ed);A. Du Pisani (ed);A. Omari (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
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This study investigates the interface between security, at both the national and regional levels, and democratisation. The paper asserts that security and democratic governance are intertwined...
- Is civilian control of military and security structures equivalent to democratic control?
- ( G. Cawthra (ed);R. Luckham (ed) / Zed Books , 2003)
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This book examines the governance of security and insecurity in developing and former communist countries that are becoming more democratic. The book asserts that to ensure the military i...
- Enhancing the potential of ICTs for advancing democracy and empowerment in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
- ( Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , 2009)
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Access to and the strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been shown to have the potential to help bring about economic development, poverty reduction, and democrat...
- Rebuilding democracy: elections in post-conflict settings
- ( Carlos Valenzuela / Public Broadcasting Service , 2008)
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This Point of View interview is conducted with Carlos Valenzuela, who headed the Independent Election Commission of the UN during the 2005 elections in Iraq. He responds to questions about the day-...
- Problem of measuring the quality of democracy in Latin America.
- ( D. Altman;A. Perez-Linan / Rollins College , 2002)
- This article explores the problem of conceptualising and measuring the quality of democracy in Latin America. The study constructs summary measures of the quality of democracy in several ways, and sho...
- Monitoring democracy: consensus and challenges
- ( G.L. Munck / School of International Relations, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California , 2006)
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The monitoring of democracy is both desirable and doable. Yet, as proposals to monitor democracy have gained prominence and as the political stakes of such exercises have become more evident, criti...
- Is there potential for democratic processes to influence discourses within religious communities?
- ( G. Mahajan;S.S. Jodhka / International Development Department, University of Birmingham , 2009)
- Religious identity remains the bedrock of social life and individual experience in India. Nevertheless, this paper deems that Indian democratic politics brings out new alignments, which surface repeat...
- Positive effects of direct democracy
- ( B. Kaufmann;R. Büchi;N. Braun / Initiative & Referendum Institute – Europe , 2008)
- Representative democracy is being reformed and modernised throughout the world. An increasing numbers of countries in the world have begun to use referendums in addition to elections. More and more pe...
