América Latina tiene motivos para sentirse satisfecha.
La democracia se ha consolidado y hoy la alternancia en el poder sucede sin los traumas del pasado. La pobreza en la región se ha reducido. Nuestra ciudadanía está cada vez más educada.
América Latina tiene motivos para sentirse satisfecha.
La democracia se ha consolidado y hoy la alternancia en el poder sucede sin los traumas del pasado. La pobreza en la región se ha reducido. Nuestra ciudadanía está cada vez más educada.
En los últimos diez años, la economía peruana ha crecido a las mayores tasas de la región, ha logrado reducir de forma importante los niveles de pobreza y también los niveles de desigualdad. Este panorama sin duda positivo, contrasta con un malestar ciudadano, el más generalizado y persistente de la región, con el funcionamiento de la economía y con el desempeño de la democracia en el país.
Constitutional reform processes within a particular country are often about responding to broad challenges of peace building, reconciliation, inclusion and socio-economic development in a way that is seen as legitimate and is widely accepted.
El 11 de septiembre de 2001, en una sesión extraordinaria de la Asamblea General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos en Lima, Perú, los Estados Miembros adoptaron unánimemente la Carta Democrática Interamericana.
Hace algo más de dos décadas, en 1989, se rompió el frente Izquierda Unida. Han pasado más de 20 años y se requiere de una revisión crítica de lo que significó—tanto en sus aspectos positivos como negativos— la participación de la izquierda en el Perú, y esto es lo que se pretende con este volumen.
Elections are an essential feature of representative democracy, but can also involve conflict. If elections go beyond debate and get out of hand, it can result in election related violence. The outcome: death and suffering, destroyed communities with crippled local economies and development prospects. Moreover, it harms credibility and faith in democratic processes and institutions.
Al cumplirse el décimo aniversario de la Carta Democrática Interamericana, International IDEA, la Unidad Andina para la Gobernabilidad Democrática del gobierno del Canadá, la Asociación Civil Transparencia y el Grupo de Amigos de las Carta del Centro Carter decidieron realizar en conjunto una jornada titulada ‘La democracia en el marco de la Carta Democrática Interamericana’.
Democratic accountability refers to the many ways in which citizens, political parties, parliaments and other democratic actors can provide feedback to, reward or sanction officials in charge of setting and enacting public policy.
The election of 197 women to the Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal in 2008 was a historic achievement and raised hopes with regard to ensuring gender equality in the constitution-building process.
The elected women comprised almost 33 per cent of the 601 members and included former politicians, women activists, professionals, former combatants and war widows.
Democratization in conflict-affected countries is a multidimensional challenge. Implementing democracy-assistance programs requires more sustained and strategic security, political and development support.
The threat posed by drugs and organized crime is one of the most serious challenges the five Andean democracies face today.
Drug policy has dominated the diplomatic and economic agendas between the countries, contributing to tensions among the governments and impeding cooperation on other priorities.
For over two decades, since the start of the so-called second wave of democratization, many voices in the Arab world have been calling for the implementation of radical reforms to the systems, institutions, frameworks and practices of all levels of governance in the region.
Beginning in late 2010, from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya to Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and Jordan, countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have experienced individualized versions of what has come to be known as ‘The Arab Spring’.
In this context, moreover, these countries are now confronting their own versions of the multi-faceted, multi-layered democratic transition agenda.
The debate over whether religion has any ‘public’ role in a democratic transition is not limited to the question of electoral and legislative involvement by religious groups.
The common idea about the Arab democracy deficit is that it must have something to do with the rigidity of the way religion functions in the socio-political setting of the region.
In September 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and International IDEA jointly organized a conference on how to best address the role of customary governance structures in a variety of current and potential future democracy-building contexts.
Election experts from all over the world met in Gaborone, Botswana, on 7–9 March 2011 for the 5th Global Electoral Organization (GEO) conference, organized by International IDEA and the Botswana Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
The development landscape is changing. The increased influence of the G20, the role of China as a donor and the failure of the Paris Agenda—only having met one of the 13 targets for 2010 in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness at the global level—are likely to change the direction of international aid.
Donor efforts to support democracy and good governance have, in the past few years, been shaped by two dominant trends in international assistance to developing countries.
En una sociedad que se informa de política preponderantemente a través de los medios de comunicación masiva y desarrolla en este escenario la competencia electoral, la ausencia en estos espacios durante una campaña puede significar menores posibilidades de ser conocido(a) por parte del electorado, de transmitir propuestas y, en resumen, de apelar al voto.
La igualdad de género en la participación política constituye uno de los indicadores que suele tomarse en cuenta a la hora de evaluar el estado de avance del desarrollo de las democracias.