Democracies Online Promoting the development and sustainability of online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through experience, outreach, and education. http://www.e-democracy.org/do/

Indonesia: The People's Resistance in Indonesia [CSVI] The Indonesian Page of People Movement for Justice and Democracy. http://www.xs4all.nl/~peace/www.html

Comparative Democratization Project A Stanford University project studying emerging democracies. Features a large directory of Internet resources, a collection of syllabi from leading democracy scholars, and seminar papers. http://democracy.stanford.edu/

Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) "Main Objectives are to promote democratic and free-market values, to publicize the major achievements of Western democratic thought, and to encourage a non-partisan theoretical analysis of the problems of the post-communist transition process in Georgia and the Caucasus region." http://www.armazi.demon.co.uk/cipdd.html

Free China Movement Information and statements from the movement, with a discussion forum. http://www.freechina.net/

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) The world organization of parliaments. Site about parliamentary democracy, elections, human rights, participation of women in politics, and about how it all works on the level of national legislative institutions and internationally. http://www.ipu.org/

Democracy Watch An independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy organization seeking to empower Canadians as voters, citizens, taxpayers, and consumers. http://www.dwatch.ca/

IDEA - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Objective is to promote and advance sustainable democracy and to improve and consolidate electoral processes world-wide. http://www.idea.int/

The Center for Democracy A nonprofit, nonpartisan, privately funded, program-creating organization dedicated to the promotion of democratic institutions and free-market societies worldwide. http://www.centerfordemocracy.org/

Center for International Policy Founded in 1975 to promote a U.S. foreign policy that reflects democratic values. http://www.ciponline.org/

Celestial Democracy Scientologist site on democracy and political philosophy. http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/

The Western Democratic Tradition An explanation and description of the western democratic tradition by a professor of constitutional law. http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cooray/westdem/

Islamic Iran Participation Front Promoting democracy in Iran. http://www.mosharekat.com/

CITIDEP A non-profit, multi-national research institution on participatory democracy, with focus on the impact of information technologies. Site lists activities, research areas, papers, and events. http://www.citidep.pt/

On Plato's Criticism of Democracy Essay accepting Plato's observations of the weaknesses of democracy, but recognizing that the weaknesses can be minimized. http://web.singnet.com.sg/~chlim/plato.html

Centre for Democracy and Development A non-profit, non governmental, institution dedicated to policy-oriented scholarship on questions of democratic development and peace-building in West Africa. Site includes press releases, strategy statement, current projects and publications, and partner organizations. http://www.cdd.org.uk/

Centre for Democratization Studies Activities, publications, and projects for this research group at the University of Leeds. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/polis/democ2.htm

UNDP Democratization and Governance United Nations conference on new or restored democracies; documents, statements, links, and related General Assembly resolutions available. http://www.undp.org/governance/

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Non-profit organization associated with the Democratic Party of the United States. Site describes current programs and research projects on the development of democracy, as well as a searchable resource exchange for democratic activists and practitioners. http://www.ndi.org/

Ratifiers for Democracy A democratic model that harmonizes representative and direct democracy, to ensure that legislation is citizen-mandated, and to be a loophole-free way to clean up the control that money and special interests now have in politics. http://www.ratifiersfordemocracy.org/