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Foundations of Democracy

CONTENTS
About This Issue
Freedom of the Press
The Central Role of Economic Freedom in Democracy
Freedom of Conscience
Citizenship and Good Democratic Government
Access to Justice: Judicial Reform in Rwanda
Bibliography
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Democracy

Democracy Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)
http://www.democ.uci.edu/democ/

Democracy Research Guide
http://www.ned.org/research/demresources/intro.html

Freedom House
http://www.freedomhouse.org

National Endowment for Democracy
http://www.ned.org/

Transparency International
http://www.transparency.org

Virtual Democracy Center
http://democracy.state.gov/

World Movement for Democracy
http://www.wmd.org/

Free Market of Ideas

Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org

First Amendment Center
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

Global Media Development Report: The Media Missionaries
http://www.ellenhume.com/articles/missionaries.pdf

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
http://www.ifj.org

International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)
http://www.ifex.org

International Journalists' Network (IJNet)
http://www.ijnet.org/

Press Freedom Survey
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/pressurvey.htm

World Press Freedom Committee
http://www.wpfc.org

Economic Freedom

America's Accountability/Anti-Corruption Project (AAA)
http://www.respondanet.com

Anti-Corruption Gateway for Europe and Eurasia
http://www.nobribes.org/

The Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) at the University of Maryland
http://www.iris.umd.edu/

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
http://www.cipe.org

Index of Economic Freedom
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/downloads.cfm

The Institute of Economic Affairs
http://www.iea.org.uk

World Bank Anti-Corruption and Governance
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/gac

Civic Participation

Changemakers.netwww.changemakers.net

CIVNET/CIVITAS
http://www.civnet.org

International Foundation for Election Systems
http://www.ifes.org/

League of Women Voters
http://www.lwv.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Rule of Law

National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

Rule of Law Links (U.S. Department of State)
http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/democracy/rule_of_law/rulelaw_legal.html

Freedom of Worship

University of Minnesota: Freedom of Religion or Belief
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/studyguides/religion.html

The International Association for Religious Freedom
http://www.iarf.net/

Foundations of Democracy

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Foundations of Democracy