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	Democracy (varieties) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some modern political entities are closest to direct democracies, such as Switzerland or some U.S. states, where frequent use is made of referenda, and means are provided for referenda to be initiated by petition instead of by members of the legislature or the government.
		There are also debates about street democracy and electoral reform which emphasize the more local and situated means by which the public comes to know the issues, and directly encounter the consequences of making major decisions.
		Skeptics question these statistics (as well as the validity of democracy in various countries; democracy may be regarded as window-dressing over plutocracy, oligarchy, dictatorship or other forms of rule by the few).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democracy_(varieties) (1183 words)

	Global Democracy: a world-systems approach
		Democracy means that the majority of the people have say over the decisions that affect their lives.
		The global institutions of the post World War II order, now under the sponsorship of the hegemonic United States, were intended to resolve the problems that were perceived to have caused the military conflagrations and economic disasters of the early twentieth century.
		Global democracy requires that local institutions and national states be democratic and democratic institutions of global governance.
	www.irows.ucr.edu /cd/courses/181/globdemo.htm (5325 words)

	Global Apartheid Continues to Haunt Global Democracy- Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum
		Global apartheid, like globalization, is a buzzword that has evolved to describe a new global paradigm.
		Global apartheid is the opposite of global democracy.
		Current manifestations of global apartheid are exhibited in the dominance of bilateralism and the hegemonic behaviour of the United States, the unbalanced and undemocratic processes in the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the disproportionate power of multinational corporations and the Washington-based International Financial Institutions (IFIs).
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/develop/debt/2004/0909globalapartheid.htm (1937 words)

	Senior U.S. Official Surveys Global Democracy
		Democracy increases the likelihood of sound legal and regulatory frameworks necessary to moderate the types of economic fluctuations and vulnerabilities brought on by economic globalization.
		Third and finally, the global spread of democracy is a critical antidote to what I shall call social insecurity: the insecurity that flows from the global spread of disease, environmental degradation, transnational crime, and cultural insecurity.
		Democracy also represents the best response to transnational crime and corruption, through effective law enforcement that respects the rights of criminally accused and fair administration of the rule of law through clear rules and an independent judiciary.
	www.usembassy.it /file2000_12/alia/a0120410.htm (2818 words)

	APC: United Nations > Articles > The UN’s Charter For Global Democracy -- The "Final Solution" For ...
		The Charter for Global Democracy is written to establish the new procedures that will govern how nations will interact with each other, as well as how they operate within their own borders.
		It’s been five years since the UN released its blueprint for global governance in a 1995 report called "Our Global Neighborhood." That report detailed UN plans that will now be placed into action through the Charter for Global Democracy which will be voted on and approved by the world leaders at the Millennium Assembly.
		The UN army is one of the main points to be voted on in the Charter for Global Democracy (point 5).
	www.americanpolicy.org /un/unscharter.htm (1638 words)

	Transnational Democracy : Theories and Prospects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The burgeoning literature on transnational democracy has to be set in the context of several contemporary developments: an intensification of globalization, the Third Wave of global democratization and the rise of transnational social movements.
		Advocating a 'double democratisation' of political life the advocates of cosmopolitan democracy seek to reinvigorate democracy within states by extending democracy to the public realm between and across states.In this respect transnational democracy and territorial democracy are conceived as mutually reinforcing rather than conflicting principles of political rule.
		While advocates of deliberative democracy do not discount totally the value of a liberal attachment to institutional reform of global governance,nor the cosmopolitan requirement for a democratic constitution for world order, both visions are regarded as insufficient in themselves for the grounding of transnational democracy.
	www.polity.co.uk /global/mcgrew.htm (4705 words)

	ENGENDERING GLOBAL DEMOCRACY
		Global civil society is depicted as a realm of social interaction between the global economy and state-system and as a potential site of challenge to both.
		Global civil society is constituted as both a terrain of democratisation, with movements seeking to democratise relations within it, and as a source of democratisation, with movements located within it seeking to constrain and transform the power of the state system and global economy.
		Global liberals and marxists have attempted to expand democracy beyond the state but most also confirm the status of the state as the container and mediator of democracy as well as the major democratic actor in inter-state politics.
	www.sussex.ac.uk /Units/IRPol/Seminars/NWO/eschle.html (10979 words)

	International Implications for Global Democratization
		Global democratization is critically important to the future of democracy in America.
		Furthermore, to the extent that interconnectivity as a predictor for democracy is measured imprecisely, the effect is reduced statistical significance of the predictor.
		The independent variables in the democracy equation are the same as before except that schooling is used to serve as an instrument for economic growth in accordance with prevailing theory.
	www.rand.org /pubs/monograph_reports/MR650/mr650.ch6/ch6.html (4309 words)

	Creating Global Democracy by Sanderson Beck
		Finally, to go into effect the Constitution of the Federal Earth Democracy must be ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the nations with more than one million people or by a majority vote of the citizens in three fourths of the nations with more than one million people.
		The Federal Earth Democracy could function in various locations by modern means of communication and eventually could choose its own capital for the Congress and Council of Nine Presidents and their administration, and the Supreme Court.
		The main purpose of the Federal Earth Democracy is to resolve international conflicts, and by reducing military violence and military expenditures it could allow needed development to alleviate poverty and provide health care and education for all.
	www.san.beck.org /BFA4-GlobalDemocracy.html (2845 words)

	ABC Radio National - Background Briefing: 11 November 2001 - George Monbiot: Global Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Rather difficult, in the current global climate, but this is the stuff of dreams, and that's where we have to start.
		It will ensure that global economic prosperity is something which is enjoyed by everybody, and not situations where some countries are monumentally rich and others are monumentally poor, and all sorts of other benefits would flow from this.
		Democracy is not sustained by the system that describes it, it's sustained by the challenges to that system, because as soon as you stop challenging, then that system scleritises and succumbs to corruption.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/bbing/stories/s416171.htm (6102 words)

	World Policy Institute - Building Global Democracy and Human Rights
		The regionalization and globalization of commerce, capital, communications and immigration have profound political implications.
		Yet in the absence of regional and global democratic institutions, a democratic deficit is opening up as more and more decisions are made by elite international bodies that are not elected by the people whom their decisions affect.
		And without regional and global environmental and social welfare standards, gains won by citizens of the advanced democracies through costly social struggles are jeopardized.
	www.worldpolicy.org /projects/globalrights (388 words)

	Global democratic revolution - SourceWatch
		See Global insurgency for change where it is shown that people both free and freedom-seeking are indeed being tested by U.S. interventionism.
		Basham said the new emphasis on democracy is in part dictated by political circumstances, including next year's U.S. presidential election, 2004.
		'Democracy is not a fast food' --Arab and Pakistani commentators declared that "democracy is a culture" that cannot be "promoted or injected into the blood of the people." Democracy, according to Qatar's semi-independent Al-Watan, is "a long process of practice, experiences and pain."
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Global_democratic_revolution (1395 words)

	Global Democracy
		It is even farther from the limited democracy which was always practiced in Christendom at all levels of society in smaller components of government within the greater hierarchical framework dictated by natural law.
		Democracy, on the other hand, would totally absolve itself of this responsibility by rigorously separating Church and state and devoting itself exclusively to his material well-being.
		Morality's downward plunge with the advent of Democracy is recorded fact, and as Democracy continues to gain ground over the world, the level of morality falls to ever lower levels.
	www.catholicapologetics.info /modernproblems/americanism/democracy.htm (4797 words)

	Global Democracy - Council on Foreign Relations
		Weimar Germany, after all, was a democracy before Adolf Hitler took power, and political assassinations and terror attacks roiled that unhappy society.
		What may matter most is whether democracies are better than other types of government at meeting the needs of their citizens.
		If most of the people feel that most of their needs are being addressed most of the time, and if they also feel that they have a fair say in deciding who governs them, common sense suggests that they will be less interested in terrorism and war.
	www.cfr.org /publication/7648/global_democracy.html (1517 words)

	Charter for Global Democracy (Charter 99)
		The Charter (also known as Charter 99) is a grassroots movement that aims to place democratic reform of global governance at the top of the international political agenda in the build-up to the Special General Assembly of the UN in the year 2000.
		Global policies are discussed and decided behind closed doors by exclusive groups, such as the G 8, OECD, the Bank of International Settlements, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and others.
		Make poverty reduction a global priority: secure universal access to safe drinking water, health care, housing, education, family planning, gender equality, sustainable development and economic opportunities, and strengthen the capacity of development agencies to eliminate malnutrition, preventable diseases and absolute poverty through conservation and equitable sharing of global resources.
	i-p-o.org /global-democracy.htm (1627 words)

	Ethics and Democracy
		As technology brings diverse people closer together in a global community, it becomes increasingly important that we find ways to live together with mutual respect and security.
		Impartially develop globally endorsed principles to improve the conduct of individuals, leaders, and organizations.
		Impartially establish a global secondary currency with a backing that is mutually beneficial.
	www.globalpublic.org (648 words)

	President Bush's Speech on Global Democracy and Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Last Thursday at an event to mark the 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy, President Bush framed his policies in Iraq as part of a global campaign for democracy and freedom.
		In the Middle East, the president argued that the lack of democracy and freedom is not a failure of culture or religion but of misguided political and economic policies, and he criticized the West, including the United States.
		So it is a much more complicated factor to promote democracy, as we saw, in fact, in Asia and Latin America, than the mere removal of dictators.
	www.brookings.edu /views/interviews/daalder/20031110.htm (1649 words)

	THE UN's CHARTER FOR GLOBAL DEMOCRACY......(Must Read!) [Free Republic]
		The UN army is one of the main points to be voted on in the Charter for Global Democracy.
		The "global elites" are simply getting the "legalities" out of the way.
		The people who are on the local committee are part of the anti-corporate globalization demonstrators in Seattle, etc. But they don't see that the UN effort is nothing but the political wing of the same beast that includes the World Trade Organization and NATO.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39877cba11c1.htm (3495 words)

	The Global Democracy Dialogues
		Global Democracy Dialogues (GDD) provides secondary school and university students in the United States, Russia, Lithuania, and Poland with opportunities to hold open discussions or dialogues about democracy.
		In the United States, Global Democracy Dialogues are facilitated in social studies classes.
		U.S. teachers who have participated in GDD projects find that students experience stronger incentives to learn about democracy when they are in contact with students in other countries.
	www.crf-usa.org /GDD/GDD_home.html (195 words)

	U.S.-India Global Democracy Initiative
		The United States and India share a fundamental commitment to democracy and believe they have an obligation to the global community to strengthen values, ideals and practices of freedom, pluralism, and rule of law.
		Each has expressed at the highest levels its belief that democracy is central to economic prosperity and development and to building peaceful societies.
		The United States and India welcome the Democracy Fund under the United Nations and announce they are taking steps to make a contribution of U.S. $10 million each to the Fund this year.
	www.state.gov /p/sa/rls/fs/2005/49722.htm (477 words)

	global rising
		The aim is to develop a whole new vision of democracy and governance at every level, from local to global - a vision to inspire and guide humanity in our efforts to build a just and sustainable world.
		It is a part of the Global Democracy Experiment that is meant to be a model of a perfect democracy.
		Main current advocacy is for a World Civil Society Union to be initiated by leading international civil society organisations concerned with global governance, with a view to its linking with regional and national networks and to seeking observer status at the UN General Assembly.
	www.globalrising.org /europe/demo.htm (2061 words)

	Students for Global Democracy (SGD)
		Democracy, long challenged by authoritarian president Ilham Aliyev, is finding few supporters from within the government.
		In a statement read before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ambassador Mark Palmer praised Students for Global Democracy and suggested greater support for student-based democratic movements.
		We need a special Students for Global Democracy Fund which would be run by student and youth leaders from democratic universities and groups across the democratic world — who would give direct financial assistance to their colleagues inside the Not Free countries.
	www.sfgd.org (634 words)

	Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs
		, coordinates U.S. foreign relations on a variety of global issues, including democracy, human rights, and labor; environment, oceans, and science; population, refugees, and migration; women's issues; and trafficking in persons.
		Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky will lead a U.S delegation to Tripoli, Libya, from July 10-13, 2006, to meet with Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Shalgham and other high-level Libyan government officials on a range of science and technology issues.
		The Role of Civil Society in the Growth of Democracy in Africa
	www.state.gov /g (282 words)

	Global Democracy - Barry Holden - eBooks
		Global Democracy presents the literatures of globalisation and democracy to explore the major debates.
		The first part of the book brings together three major theorists and three critiques of their work - David Held on the potential advantages of globalisation for the furtherance of democracy; Paul Hirst questioning the idea of globalisation and Danilo Zolo on the need for some kind of international governance.
		The second part of the book looks at structures and processes, such as the UN, global civil society, state sovereignty, the EU and democratisation from major thinkers such as Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
	www.ebookmall.com /alpha-titles/Global-Democracy-Holden-Taylor-cr.htm (250 words)

	The Will of the World
		Never before--not during the Vietnam War, not during the antinuclear demonstrations of the early 1980s--had they made known their will so forcefully by all the means at their disposal.
		The splendor of this global display of opinion was only thrown into sharper relief by the public silence in the countries where expression of public opinion is not allowed.
		The latter were in fact present at gigantic demonstrations--but these were compulsory ones, organized by the government, not to call for peace but to participate in grandiose and absurd birthday celebrations for the dictator Kim Jong Il.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20030310/schell (1522 words)

	UN's Charter for Global Democracy
		On September 6, 2000, The United Nations convened its Millennium Assembly in New York City to restructure the UN in preparation for global governance.
		On October 1, 2000 the Department of Justice, under Janet Reno, was scheduled to take control of military forces here in the united States of America.
		World leaders voted to give the UN oversight of all of the earth's land, air and seas.
	members.fortunecity.com /omegazine/uncharter.html (1658 words)

	Global Democracy 2005 Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In light of the shifting trends in global governance, what are civil society's proposals to build a more democratically governed world?
		Global Democracy 2005 (G05) entitled: “Global Democracy: Civil Society Visions and Strategies” took place from May 29th to June 1st, 2005 in Montréal, Canada.
		G05 was an opportunity for people of all backgrounds and varying interests to come together and to set forward a global agenda of reforms and democratic change!
	g05.netedit.info /en/index.aspx (160 words)

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