Democracy Promotion

Democracy has become a dirty word in much of the world
In Washington, democracy promotion is an evergreen issue, somewhere on the agenda for every president, Democrat or Republican. But Bush elevated it to a status not seen in decades. Some might question his motivation. ...

Papers and research on ICT in peacebuilding, Online Dispute ...
This paper, through the example of Sri Lanka, explores the larger challenges of new media and the internet in the promotion of democracy and peace in the Global South. A central contention of this paper is that internet and new media ...

No more Right and Left This is an important article in Greater ...
The essence of the division is that the pro-Westerners support the extension of the liberal-democratic order across the globe, through the politics of human rights, promotion of democracy, universal values and interventionism (not ...

Saving Our Democracy
One seeks earmarks for research, academia, medicine, information technology, urban housing, immigration, etc., while the other seeks earmarks for beef promotion, cattle raising, farm subsidies, faith-based governmental services, etc. ...

A Harvard Forum For Self-Promotion?
Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such ...

Losing local services to the County a step towards privitaization
The further that process gets from our hands, the further we stray from democracy. This sad reality was visable in City Hall last week with two prominent agenda items. First was the issue of losing the Lake Worth Police Department to ...

Mr. Pibb Doesn't Have The Balls For Something Like This
We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper with our album Chinese Democracy, as for us, this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, ...

Weekend edition 4/5-6 and open thread
Ashwari heads up the The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy. The event is sponsored by the Kessler-Keener Lecture Series, which will bring eco-philosopher Joanna Macy to Boise May 1-4. ...

0730 Hrs GMT O830 Hrs UK London Saturday 5 April 2008: Khoodeelaar ...
Nor did Mr Paddick question the promotion of Crossrail that was sung by Lib Deems MP Susan Kramer at the ‘Third Reading’ of the ‘Crossrail Bill’ as held in the House of Commons on 13 December 2007. Equally, Mr Paddick has not disowned, ...

Myanmar warns of 'terrorist' bomb plans
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party — which is urging voters to reject the military junta's proposed constitution as an undemocratic sham — rejected the allegations. Saturday's commentary in the state-owned New Light ...