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  Common African political governance issues: lessons from six early APRM reports

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009

  This paper analyses the discussion and recommendations about Africa's pressing political governance issues - including the separation of powers, election management and corruption - from the APRM reports of Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, Algeria and Benin.
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  Assessing women’s political party programmes: best practices and recommendations

  National Democratic Institute, 2008

  This handbook presents the specific elements and approaches that are most effective in encouraging women’s participation and leadership in political parties.
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  Toward the development of international standards for democratic legislatures

  National Democratic Institute, 2007

  Prepared by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), this document is intended as a basis for discussion within the international community regarding standards for the functioning of democratic legislatures. The standards set forth in this document are intended to apply to all national legislatures, whether they are known as a parliament, a congress or a national assembly.
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  Lessons in effective citizen activism: the anti-third term campaign in Zambia

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2005

  In 2001, Zambian President Frederick Chiluba tried to change the country’s constitution to allow him to run for a third term. However, a civil society-led campaign forced the President to abandon the plan.
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  Conceptualizing and measuring support for democratic institutions and processes

  2006

  Whether democracy can take root and thrive depends on the commitments of ordinary citizens to the institutions and processes of democracy. However, there is no consensus on how best to measure mass support for democratic institutions and processes.
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  The Economist Intelligence Unit's index of democracy

  Economist Intelligence Unit, 2008

  This document describes the Economist Intelligent Unit’s index of democracy. This index is based on view that measures of democracy that reflect the state of political freedoms and civil liberties are not thick enough. The index encompasses five categories:
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  The democracy barometers: surveying South Asia

  Democracy Asia, 2008

  This paper discusses results of the first-ever simultaneous survey of attitudes toward democracy in the five countries of South Asia - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - based on a large and representative sample of adult citizens. The survey provides evidence to suggest widespread support for democracy throughout the region.
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  Measures of democracy, governance and rule of law: an overview of cross-national data sets

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper provides an overview of measures of democracy, governance and rule of law. The focus is on broad cross- national data sets, that is, those data sets that can offer a sense of the overall variation within the relevant universe of cases.
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  Assessing and analysing governance in India: evidence from a new survey

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper presents the methodology and findings of a comprehensive governance assessment survey conducted in India as part of the World Governance Survey (WGS) project.
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  How solid is mass support for democracy-- and how can we measure It?

  Asian Barometer, 2003

  Qualities such as tolerance of outgroups, interpersonal trust, the post-materialist emphasis on civil rights and political participation, and a sense of subjective well-being may contribute to the emergence and flourishing of democracy. However, no one has determined whether the various indicators of mass attitudes are actually linked with democracy at the societal level.

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