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Internet resources on Democracy, Elections and Democracy Promotion:
Note: disclaimers apply. The sites I am listing are sites I consider reliable, but accuracy in the world of blogging and individual websites cannot be taken for granted. (Of course, the same statement applies to traditional bibliographic and data sites, though at least in theory, traditional sources have been vetted by editors, peer review, and similar processes.) If you find materials on a blog or other website (i.e. one not affiliated with a recognized and trusted organization) that you wish to use for research purposes, my suggestion is to follow up on any sources linked within the entry you are using, and cite them as well as the blog/website itself.
The data sources I refer to below, and the sites with descriptions of electoral systems (like IDEA) are all sites I consider as reliable as any “traditional” resource, and thus may be cited as any other resource would be.
Blogs that cover elections and other democracy issues:
http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/
http://antoineclarke.blogspot.com/
Private websites on democracy and elections (other than blogs):
http://www.parties-and-elections.de/index.html
Non-governmental organizations:
Quasi-governmental organizations or political-party affiliates:
http://www.ichrdd.ca/site/home/index.php?lang=en
http://www.wfd.org/pages/home.aspx?i_PageID=1811
http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/index.html
University-affiliated sites on democracy studies or data sources:
http://www.duke.edu/~smorgens/componentsdata.html
Advocacy organizations:
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/
Selected Bibliography
A non-exhaustive list of books on democratization and related themes
Austin, Dennis. Liberal Democracy in Non-Western States Paragon House. 1995.
Banac, Ivor. Ed. Eastern Europe in Revolution Cornell University Press. 1992.
Beetham, David. Defining and Measuring Democracy. Sage. 1994.
Bogdanor, Vernon. Democracy and Elections Cambridge University Press. 1983.
Budge, Ian and David McKay (ed). Developing Democracy. Sage. 1994.
Butler, David and Austin Ranney. Electioneering. Oxford University Press. 1992.
Butler, David, Howard R.Penniman and Austin Ranney. Democracy at the Polls. AEI. 1981.
Dahl, Robert A. Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. Yale. 1971.
Dahl, Robert. Democracy and its Critics. Yale, 1989.
Dahl, Robert. On Democracy. Yale. 1998.
Dahl, Robert A. How Democratic is the American Constitution? Yale, 2001.
Dahl, Robert A., Ian Shairo, and José Antonio Cheibub, eds. The Democracy Sourcebook. MIT Press, 2003.
Diamond, Larry. Political Culture and Democracy in Developing Countries Lynne Rienner Publications. 1993.
Diamond, Larry. Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq. Times Books. 2005.
Diamond, Larry and Marc F.Plattner (eds). The Global Resurgence of Democracy. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1993.
Diamond, Larry and Marc F.Plattner (eds). The Global Divergence of Democracies. Johns Hopkins. 2001.
Diamond, Larry, Marc F. Plattner, and Daniel Brumberg (eds). Islam and Democracy in the Middle East. Johns Hopkins, 2003.
Diamond, Larry, and Leonardo Morlino (eds). Assessing the Quality of Democracy. Johns Hopkins, 2005.
Diamond, Larry, et al. (eds.). Consolidating Third Wave Democracies. Johns Hopkins. 1997.
di Palma, Giuseppe. To Craft Democracies. University of California Press. 1990.
Franklin, Mark. et al. Electoral Change Cambridge University Press. 1992.
Friedman, Edward. ed. The Politics of Democratization: Generalizing East Asian Experiences Westview Press. 1994.
Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell (eds.). The Politics of Electoral Systems. Oxford. 2005.
Hadenius, Axel. Democracy and Development Cambridge University Press. 1992
Hadenius, Alex. Democracy's Victory and Crisis Cambridge University Press. 1997.
Haggard, Stephen. The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions Princeton University Press. 1995.
Harrop, Martin and William L. Miller. Elections and Voters. Macmillan. 1987.
Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave. University of Oklahoma Press. 1991.Leftwich, Adrian (ed). Democracy and Development. Polity Press. 1995.
LeDuc, Lawrence, Richard G. Niemi, and Pippa Norris, eds. Comparing Democracies: Elections and Voting in Global Perspective. Sage, 1996.
LeDuc, Lawrence, Richard G. Niemi, and Pippa Norris, eds. Comparing Democracies 2: New challenges in the study of elections and voting. Sage, 2002.
Lijphart, Arend. Electoral Systems and Party Systems. Oxford University Press.1994.
Lijphart, Arend. Parliamentary versus Presidential Government Oxford University Press. 1992.
Lijphart, Arend. Democracies Yale University Press. 1984.
Lijphart, Arend. Patterns of Democracy. Yale. 1999.
Linz, Juan and Alfred Stephan. Problems of Democratic Consolidation Johns Hopkins Press. 1996.
Mainwaring, Scott, Guillermo O'Donnell and J.Samuel Venezuela. eds. Issues in Democratic Consolidation University of Notre Dame Press. 1992.
Midlarski, Manus (ed.). Inequality, Democracy, and Economic Development. Cambridge. 1997.
Milner, Henry (ed.) Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count. Broadview. 2004.
Niemi, Richard, Lawrence LeDuc and Pippa Norris (eds). Comparing Democracies. Sage. 1996.
Norris, Pippa. (ed). "The Politics of Electoral Reform" special issue of the International Political Science Review 16(1) January 1995.
Norris, Pippa Electoral Change Since 1945 Blackwells. 1997.
Norris, Pippa (ed). Passages to Power Cambridge University Press. 1997.
Norris, Pippa (ed) Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic Government Oxford University Press. 1998.
Norris, Pippa. Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior. Cambridge. 2004. (http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~pnorris/Books/Electoral%20Engineering.htm)
Pippa Norris. Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Institutions Work? Cambridge, forthcoming (drafts available on line: http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~pnorris/Books/Driving%20Democracy.htm).
Parry, Geraint and Michael Moran (eds). Democracy and Democratization. Routledge. 1994.
Pridham, Geoffrey and Tatu Vanhanen. Democratization in Eastern Europe Routledge. 1994.
Pridham, Geoffrey. Transitions to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives from Southern Europe, Latin America and Eastern Europe Dartmouth. 1995.
Przeworski, Adam. Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America Cambridge University Press. 1991.
Rueschemeyer, Dietrich et al. Capitalist Development and Democracy. University of Chicago Press. 1992.
Sartori, Giovanni. Comparative Constitutional Engineering. Macmillan. 1994.Schopflin, George. Politics in Eastern Europe. Blackwell. 1993.
Shugart, Matthew S., and John M. Carey. Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics. Cambridge University Press. 1992.
Taagepera, Rein and Matthew Shugart. Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems Yale University Press. 1989.
Weil, Frederick. Democratization in Eastern and Western Europe JAI Press. 1993.