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    Local justice in southern Sudan

    United States Institute of Peace, 2010
    Since its establishment five years ago under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has struggled to create a justice system that reflects the values and requirements for justice among the people of Southern Sudan. For both political and practical reasons, chiefs’ courts and customary law are central to this endeavour.
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    The political culture of democracy in Bolivia, 2008: the impact of governance

    Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, 2008
    This study presents information that can help increase the understanding of Bolivians’perspectives, values and attitudes regarding democracy and the proposed changes to strengthen it.
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    Sanctions, benefits, and rights: three faces of accountability

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010
    As countries throughout the world democratise and decentralise, citizen participation in public life should increase. It is said citizens in a decentralised and democratic system of government are governed better because they can punish electorally those who do not deliver on promises.
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    From words to action: best practices for women's participation in Latin American political parties

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
    Even though women represent more than a half of the voting population in many countries and have been widely incorporated into the economic sphere, there is still an important gap between these advances and women’s access to elected or political party positions.
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    Cambodia gagged: democracy at risk?

    Article 19, 2010
    The fundamental right to freedom of expression is becoming increasingly eroded in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Violations of the right have intensified with tactics of intimidation, threats, harassment and spurious legal charges being used as a means of silencing criticism.
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    Elections and accountability in South Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2009
    Allowing citizens to decide whether or not to extend a government’stenure through regular elections is the principal mechanism of politicalaccountability. It compels politicians to be more responsive to theelectorate’s needs. Citizens use their vote to choose better governmentsand to structure incentives for the incumbents that should induce themto behave while in office.
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    Corruption and governance in the DRC during the transition period 2003-2006

    Institute for Security Studies, 2008
    In spite of the devastation that has been visited on the DR Congo elections were held in 2006 and at the beginning of 2007, thus putting an end to a long political transition and raising the hopes of the Congolese people.
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    The correlates of corruption in India: analysis and evidence from the states

    The Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2010
    Several leading indicators show that corruption is a fairly serious problem in India. However, there is a substantial variance of levels of perceived and experienced corruption by citizens across the country. This paper considers testable hypotheses from the growing literature on the determinants of corruption and applies them to Indian states.
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    Are swing voters instruments of democracy or farmers of clientelism? Evidence from Ghana

    Quality of Government Institute, 2010
    This paper states that is one of the first to systematically address the question of whether strength of ethnic identity, political parties’ campaigns, poverty, or evaluation of clientelism versus collective/public goods, determines who becomes a persuadable voter in Africa.
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    Variation in corruption between Mexican states: elaborating the gender perspective

    Quality of Government Institute, 2010
    Cross-country comparative studies show that a high number of women in elected office is related to a low level of corruption. Whether there is a causal relationship is, however, disputed. However, sub-national analyses confirm that states with a high number of women elected tend to display lower levels of corruption than states with a low number of women elected.

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