Government Innovators Network: Topic: Democratization

This page summarizes Government Innovators Network content about Democratization.

This section provides information on the spread of democracy throughout the world, the connection between democracy and economic well being, dictatorships and the barriers to democracy, efforts by the United States and other countries to engage in nation building, and the receptiveness to various cultures to the idea of democracy.

Democratic Consultation (61%)
Innovations and Excellence in Local Chinese Governance in China
April 8, 2005

Intra-party Democracy at the Municipal, Township, and Village Levels (51%)
Innovations and Excellence in Local Chinese Government
2008

Building Grass-Roots Democracy (45%)
Innovations and Exellence in Local Chinese Governance

Democratization of Information on Public Accounts (37%)
The Public Management and Citizenship Programme in Brazil
June 15, 2005

Direct Election of Chinese Communist Party Officials to the Village Team (37%)
Innovations and Excellence in Local Chinese Governance

System of Citizen Participation of San Juan de Lurigancho (37%)
The Participation and Local Management Program in Peru

People Empowerment Program (36%)
The Galing Pook Awards in The Philippines
March 7, 2006

ASH INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INNOVATION; Harvard Kennedy School Announces Major Initiative on Effective Governance (62%)
China Weekly News
December 2, 2008

Harvard Kennedy School Announces Major Initiative on Effective Governance; Plan Includes New Professorships, Student Support, and Research (56%)
Business Wire
November 13, 2008

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace to Air Spanish-Language Radio Ads in Colorado; Ads to Educate Latino Community on Threat to Secret Ballots and Worker Privacy (55%)
PR Newswire
October 20, 2008

States eye their share of federal bailout; With President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress pledging quick action on a proposed multi-billion dollar fiscal package to boost the U.S. economy, states are banking they will get a cut of any fede (50%)
Stateline.org
November 25, 2008

Pay-to-play reform in effect today: One of several new laws on the books (49%)
Belleville News-Democrat (Illinois)
January 1, 2009

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Democratic Transformation and Conflict Management: The Korean Experience of Dual Democratization (100%)
Han, San-Jin
Global Forum on Reinventing Government
February 1, 2005

Latin American Regional Forum of the Global Network of Government Innovators (90%)
Merilee S. Grindle, Alex Keyssar, Gowher Rizvi, and various authors. Jessica Crewe, ed.
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and EGAP/ ITESM
August 30, 2007

Frontiers of Innovation Conference: Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation in Government (89%)

Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
May 31, 2008

Democracy & Constitutionalism in South Asia: The Bangladesh Experience (80%)
Gowher Rizvi
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
2005

Democratic Accountability: The Third Sector and All (79%)
Robert E. Goodin
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, John F. Kennedy School of Government
August 1, 2003

Arab Regional Forum of Government Innovators (78%)
Gowher Rizvi and multiple authors. Jessica Crewe, ed.
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Dubai School of Government
November 1, 2006

Do power-sharing institutions work? Stable democracy and good governance in divided societies. (77%)
Pippa Norris
Ash Institute, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
May 5, 2005

Innovations in Structure, Law, Policy for Democratic Governance in Divided Societies (71%)
April 1, 2005

Innovations in Citizen Involvement (58%)
April 1, 2005

Innovations in Service Delivery Aimed at Reaching the Poor and Excluded (53%)
April 1, 2005

The Innovations Process (53%)
April 1, 2005

Democratic Global Governance (51%)
December 2, 2003

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