- Bowling Together: Online Public Engagement in Policy Deliberation
Online publication by Stephen Coleman and John Gøtze reporting on citizen engagement with government, technologies for electronic participation, and UK and global case studies.
http://bowlingtogether.net/
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Center for Community and Civic Engagement
Housed at The University of Southern Mississippi. Core activities include after-school programs, service-learning, tutoring and mentoring, and civic leadership development throughout the state.
http://www.usm.edu/ccce
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- CIRELA Project
Comparative research project on patterns of political participation and representation in six Latin American countries. Project description and research design, surveys, and translations available.
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~seawrigh/cirela/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Citizen Works
Organization founded by Ralph Nader that recruits and trains citizen activists, and directs them to focused action campaigns. Focuses on the issues of democracy, justice, globalization, environment, equality, freedom, and peace. Includes mailing list, calendar, current projects, and tools for organizing.
http://www.citizenworks.org/
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- govwatcher.org
Promoting common sense government through citizen activism.
http://www.ursenbach.net/govwatcher/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Participatory Budgeting
Description of the participatory budgeting model used in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
http://www.goethe.de/br/poa/buerg/en/framebag.htm
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- Politically Independent Candidate X
Free service which advises politically independent candidates on how to become councillors in England and Wales. Information about voting and election procedures, campaign tips, and FAQs.
http://www.picx.co.uk/
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- Punkvoter.com
Works to activate punks and other disenfranchised young people to participate in elections and to build a coalition of informed voters who can individually and collectively influence public policy. Includes news, guest columns, cartoons, and stickers and flyers available for download.
http://www.punkvoter.com/
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- The Political Compass
A 6-part questionnaire which plots the taker's political positions on a four-point compass and plots estimates for the positions of 20th century leaders and mid-1990s British politicians.
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Vote for America
A non-partisan, non-profit organization that unites citizens from all walks of life in a shared campaign to raise voter turnout.
http://www.voteforamerica.org
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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