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| Maps of the World's Individual Countries | ||
| Small GIF maps individual countries and other territorial units are available at this Web site ( http://www.theodora.com/maps/ ) | ||
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| The Carter Center | ||
| The Carter Center, a non-profit organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter in 1982 to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy and improve health, offers multiple opportunities for individuals to support, learn about, volunteer, and work on behalf of the Center's democracy promotion activities in nations all over the world. ( http://www.cartercenter.org ) | ||
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| The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | ||
| The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace maintains a Democracy and Rule of Law program that contains scholarly articles, testimony by experts, issue briefs, and debates about policies and programs designed to facilitate the development and advancement of democracy and the rule of law in formerly authoritarian and totalitarian countries. ( http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/global/index.cfm?fa=proj&id=101 ) | ||
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| Francis Fukuyama's The End of History | ||
| This book excerpt references an earlier article in which the author discussed democracy as an evolutionary endpoint for governments, the "end of history." Fukuyama considers the philosophy of Marx, Hegel, Plato, Jefferson, and others as he elaborates further on this complex issue. ( http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/fukuyama.htm ) | ||
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| Inter-Parliamentary Union | ||
| The IPU is the international organization of parliaments of sovereign states, with currently 147 full members. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. ( http://www.ipu.org/english/home.htm ) | ||
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| Freedom House | ||
| Freedom House, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world. Founded over sixty years ago by Eleanor Roosevelt, Wendell Willkie, and other Americans concerned with the mounting threats to peace and democracy, Freedom House has been a vigorous proponent of democratic values and a steadfast opponent of dictatorships of the far left and the far right. ( http://www.freedomhouse.org/ ) | ||
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| National Government Websites | ||
| A compilation of links to national government Web sites for all countries. Provided by Northwestern University Libraries. ( http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/resource/internat/foreign.html ) | ||
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| Country Indicators for Foreign Policy | ||
| A project of Carleton University Canada. The Web site contains risk assessment reports and maps and tables showing country indicators, including political, conflict, military, economic, and environmental data. You can view individual country or comparative data for the countries in the database. Be sure to read the "indicator descriptions" to be able to accurately interpret the ranking data provided. ( http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/ ) | ||
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| The U.S. Holocaust Museum | ||
| This site takes you through the horrifying history of Nazi Germany, and offers you a look at what happens when militant nationalism and fascism goes unchecked. The site also contains scholarly articles and reports about contemporary genocides in Rwanda and Darfur. ( http://www.ushmm.org/ ) | ||
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