Democracy

Democracy Web is composed of an online Study Guide and an interactive world map designed for use by teachers, professors, and their upper secondary- and lower college-level students (although selections also have been used at the lower high school and...
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DEMOCRACY WEB COUNTRY STUDIES. Click on a country to go to the Democracy Web country report . Azerbaijan: Free, Fair and Regular Elections Bolivia: Consent of the Governed Botswana: Accountability and Transparency Chile: Freedom of Association China:...
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The Albert Shanker Institute is a nonprofit organization established in 1998 by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to honor the life and legacy of its late president. Albert Shanker was an activist intellectual. He spent his life developing ideas...
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Started with the help of the National Endowment for the Arts, Democracy Web now heavily relies on private funding—from teachers and enthusiasts like you. Your tax-deductible gift will help us make Democracy Web sustainable —by updating the Map, creating...
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The most fundamental concept of democracy is the idea that government exists to secure the rights of the people and must be based on the consent of the governed. Today, the quote above from the U.S. Declaration of Independence is considered a maxim of...
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In European countries, for example, there are strict limits on spending. In the United States, the Supreme Court's Buckley v.Valeo (1976) decision determined that individual candidates may spend an unlimited amount of their own money on their own...
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Meanwhile, another 37% of people live in some type of "flawed democracy", while 55% of the world does not live in democracy at all, based on the EIU's latest Democracy Index Report. Events such as the war in Ukraine and restrictive,...
Freedom in the World assigns a freedom score and status to 210 countries and territories. Click on the countries to learn more. Freedom on the Net measures internet freedom in 70 countries. Click on the highlighted countries for data from our 2022...
This week's Current Events resources examine the current state of democracy around the world and within the United States. The resources shared provide context and the ability to explore the fundamentals of democracy, as well as the some of the...
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Democracy Web is composed of an online Study Guide and an interactive world map designed for use by teachers, professors, and their upper secondary- and lower college-level students (although selections also have been used at the lower high school and...
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