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| University of Michigan Documents Center: International Agencies | ||
| Another of the excellent University of Michigan sites, this site offers no less than a comprehensive listing of all major international organizations and related Web resources. ( http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html ) | ||
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| International Studies Resources | ||
| This is a comprehensive listing of a wide range of political resources; with a strong emphasis on various issues that relate to democratization, this is a good site to browse through. ( http://www.etown.edu/vl/ ) | ||
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| Political Database of the Americas, maintained by Georgetown University | ||
| This database focuses on studying the strengthening of Latin American democratic regimes (which along with Eastern Europe have been the focus of the most visible recent democratization). The site brings together documentary and statistical political information on this important region. ( http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/ ) | ||
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| National Endowment for Democracy (NED) | ||
| This is an organization committed to strengthening democratic institutions around the world, which produces the "Journal of Democracy" an excellent resource for further research in the area. ( http://www.ned.org/ ) | ||
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| International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) | ||
| An intergovernmental organization supporting sustainable democracy. ( http://www.idea.int/ ) | ||
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| The Political Philosophy of Václav Havel | ||
| This famous dissident-turned-President has become something of a global icon for both romantic idealists, and pragmatic realism of democracy. ( http://www.fippavlon.com/ ) | ||
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| Amnesty International | ||
| A globally famous organization working to protect human rights worldwide. This Web-site is a good introduction to Web resources for human rights issues. Make sure you take note of the opportunity to make a personal commitment to the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" by adding your name to the petition! ( http://www.amnesty.org/ ) | ||
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| Human Rights Web | ||
| This site offers connections to the full range of human rights organizations, activists, and researchers. ( http://www.hrweb.org/resource.html ) | ||
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| Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: Information Resources, maintained by Columbia Univ... | ||
| This site is a selective guide to resources (many on the Web, most available in major research libraries) for conducting research on international human rights issues. If you need any suggestions for high quality resources to consult for research (or are just curious) then make sure you jot down some of these citations before heading out to the library. ( http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/lehman/guides/human.html ) | ||
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| Strategic Intelligence, maintained by Loyola College | ||
| Everything you would ever want to know about the intelligence community, both in the U.S. and other countries as well, is at this site. Actually, it seems some sites are closed without special authorization. There is information on military intelligence, economic intelligence, different organizations, key documents, current issues, debates, etc. These are issues with which you should be familiar when considering the military rule present in certain countries around the world. ( http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html ) | ||
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| United Nations: Democratic Governance | ||
( http://www.undp.org/governance ) | ||
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| Network Institute for Global Democratization: | ||
( http://www.nigd.org/ ) | ||
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| Comparative Democratization Project, Stanford University | ||
( http://democracy.stanford.edu ) | ||
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