State of Local Democracy Assessment Framework
Title | State of Local Democracy Assessment Framework PDF eBook |
Author | Brechtje Kemp |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Citizenship |
ISBN | 9789187729089 |
Assessing the Quality of Democracy
Title | Assessing the Quality of Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | David Beetham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Comparative government |
ISBN | 9789185724437 |
This Practical Guide presents International IDEA's State of Democracy (SoD) assessment Framework. Developed for public use around the world, the SoD Framework has been applied in some 20 countries worldwide since its first launch in 2000. The Framework is different from other methodologies because its comprehensive assessments are led and owned by local actors, and move away from the practice of ranking democratic performance and making external judgements. It combines a commitment to the principles of democracy with dialogue, and looks beyond the formal existence of democratic institutions and focuses, more importantly, on their performance. The Practical Guide also links assessment to reform and in doing so, highlights achievements and challenges as well as lessons learnt from previous assessment teams' experiences. Others seeking to apply the Framework in their countries stand to benefit greatly from the experiences, lessons and insights shared from the State of Democracy Network--a community of practice that has applied the SoD assessment Framework in their countries and regions. The Practical Guide also offers guidance on sources and standards of good practice.--Publisher description.
International IDEA Handbook on Democracy Assessment
Title | International IDEA Handbook on Democracy Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | Iain Kearton |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2021-11-15 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004503021 |
The International IDEA Handbook on Democracy Assessment is a robust and sensitive guide to assessing the quality of democracy and human rights in any country around the world. The Handbook introduces an easy-to-use and universal methodology for assessing the condition of democracy in any country, or its progress in democratisation, that has been developed in a three-year action programme at IDEA, the inter-governmental Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden. The Handbook provides a means to measure systematically the full range of values, institutions and issues relating to modern democracy that is sensitive to the underlying principles and democracy and the differences between democracies themselves. It is therefore both universal in application and capable of responding to particular aspects of any one nation's democratic arrangements. The animating principle of the Handbook is that only citizens of a nation themselves are qualified to assess the quality of their own democratic arrangements. Thus, it provides a self-help guide, which gives academics, lawyers, political practitioners, journalists and interested citizens the tools to assess the state of their democracy, or any key aspects of their democracy. The Handbook is above all a practical working document that draws on the actual experience of assessing democracy in different countries, comparative knowledge and research, and democratic principles and practice. It gives a step-by-step guide to the purposes and methods of democracy assessment; who to involve; how to use the research tools; how to validate the findings; what standards of practice to adopt; and how to present and publicise a finished assessment. It contains extracts from completed assessments, guidance on the use of qualitative and quantitative data, examples of codes of democratic practice and international and regional standards, and a vast list of accessible data sources. The methodology was created by a team of political scientists assembled from all regions of the world by International IDEA and has been tried and tested in a variety of countries, including Bangladesh, El Salvador, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, New Zealand, Peru, South Korea and the United Kingdom. International organisations like the World Bank and UNECA are adapting it for in-country use. The four main authors and editors have been directly involved from the inception of the project - in developing and refining the methodology and participating in and advising on the nine country studies that form the essential practical core of experience on which this invaluable Handbook is based.
Democratic Accountability in Service Delivery
Title | Democratic Accountability in Service Delivery PDF eBook |
Author | Helena Bjuremalm |
Publisher | |
Pages | 91 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Social responsibility of business |
ISBN | 9789187729737 |
Assessing the Quality of Democracy
Title | Assessing the Quality of Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | David Beetham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Comparative government |
ISBN | 9789185724444 |
Democracy Assessment
Title | Democracy Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Democracy |
ISBN |
Democratic Evaluation and Democracy
Title | Democratic Evaluation and Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Donna Podems |
Publisher | IAP |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2017-02-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1681237903 |
Democratic evaluation brings a way of thinking about evaluation’s role in society and in particular, its role in strengthening social justice. Yet the reality of applying it, and what happens when it is applied particularly outside the West, is unclear. Set in South Africa, a newly formed democracy in Southern Africa, the book affords an in-depth journey that immerses a reader into the realities of evaluation and its relation to democracy. The book starts with the broader introductory chapters that set the scene for more detailed ones which bring thorough insights into national government, local government, and civil societies’ experience of evaluation, democratic evaluation and their understanding of how it contributes to strengthening democracy (or not). A teaching case, the book concludes by providing guiding questions that encourage reflection, discussion and learning that ultimately aims to inform practice and theory.