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DEMOCRACY IN 2008

Democracy 2008

Newsnight Special
A debate with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Sidney Blumenthal, Bronwen Maddox, Professor Akbar Ahmed and Vincent Magombe.
more newsnight

Urban The challenges
Urban on democracy


Traffic lights in Culpeper US elections
Small town America


Policeman in front of burning building Violence in Kenya
Disputed elections


China's version of Google Online democracy
China's bid for control


Hindu temple Indian democracy
60 years on
WHY DEMOCRACY?

Cartoon protests Denmark
Cartoon row revisited


Chinese schoolchildren China
Classroom democracy


Pervez Musharraf Pakistan
Meeting Mursharraf


Richard Symons Ministry of truth
End to political lies?


Japanese election candidate Japan
Novice candidate
Evo Morales A far cry from Che
Evo Morales and Bolivia's new indigenous revolution
Democritus Rocky road
A clickable timeline of democracy from ancient times
Director Weijun Chen Experiment in China
Director Weijun Chen on democracy in a Chinese classroom

EXTERNAL LINKS AND FURTHER READING

Journal of Democracy - US-based analytical quarterly

Stanford University - Comparative Democratization Project

Institute for Democratic and Electoral Assistance

Democracy Watch - monitoring world governments

Interactive Democracy - blog

Click here to join the Democracy Debate

BBC Four Storyville
Full list of the Why Democracy? films showing on BBC FOUR
Why democracy globe Why Democracy?
Details of the worldwide Why Democracy? project
Ballot box Why not?
'Flawed but not bettered' - democracy poll and analysis



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