Ten Years of Supporting Democracy Worldwide

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This anniversary book aims to illustrate how IDEA contributes to democracy building in the practical and theoretical sense, and its experience of how to make a difference in the field of democracy building. The book is divided into two parts, the first looking at the external world around IDEA from during the past decade, with a focus of the latest developments, the different facets of democracy building and the diverging players represented by the contributions of internationally renowned authors and institutions. The second part of the book describes some of IDEA’s activities in democracy building, through the perspectives of the different IDEA programmes and the instruments employed, and by highlighting the organization’s work in a sample county (Peru) to show the interplay between broad institutional planning and regional activity.

• Foreword
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• Acronyms
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• Introduction: A Reader’s Guide to IDEA’s Tenth Anniversary Publication
      Ingrid Wetterqvist
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• • Introduction
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  • About this Publication
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  • Part I: IDEA in the Democracy-Building Context
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  • Part II: IDEA’s Experiences
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  • Conclusion

    Part I - The World around IDEA …1995–2005  

• 1. Democracy Analysis
      Todd Landman
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• 2. Democracy Building and the Political Dimensions
      Massimo Tommasoli
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• 3. Themes in Democracy Assistance
      Richard Youngs
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• 4. Why Governance Matters in Achieving the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals
      UNDP Governance Centre, Oslo
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• 5. The People’s Voice: Trust in Political Institutions|
      Michael Bratton, Yun-han Chu, Marta Lagos and Richard Rose
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• 6. From ‘89 to 9/11: of Turmoil and Hope
      Konstanty Gebert

    PART II - Highlights of IDEA’s Work … Looking Back 1995 – 2005  

• 7. Ten Years of Democratic IDEAs
      Charlotte Hjorth
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• 8. Optimism to Realism: Ten Years of Electoral Development
      Andrew Ellis
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• 9. Ten Years of Progress: Enhancing Women’s Political Participation
      Julie Ballington
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• 10. Democracy in Situations of Deep-Rooted Conflict
      Timothy D. Sisk
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• 11. The State of Democracy Project
      David Beetham
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• 12. Building Democracy, Shaping the Future: International IDEA in Peru
      Kristen Sample and Daniel Zovatto
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• Annexes
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• • A. About the Authors
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  • B. Former and Current Members of IDEA’s Board of Directors
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  • C. IDEA Publications
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• Tables and Figures
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• • Table 5.1: New Europe Barometer Surveys, 2004
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  • Table 5.2: Summary of Institutional Trust
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  • Table 5.3: Institutions Least Trusted Everywhere
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  • Figure 5.1: Trusting and Distrusting Citizens, by Continent
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  • Figure 5.2: National Differences in Trust within Each Continent
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  • Figure 5.3: Positive and Negative Influences on Trust 69

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