Our curated library is packed full of knowledge, know-how and best practices in the fields of democracy and culture.
Read the latest on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other critical world events in our library of democratic content. Gathered from trusted international sources, the curated library brings you a rich resource of articles, opinion pieces and more on democracy and culture to keep you updated.
Take a look at curated library below and search by keyword (i.e. Ukraine or authoritarianism) or format (i.e. article or report) and find a tailored list of resources on the topics you're most interested in.
Doing Democracy During the Pandemic
“Social distancing laws, curfews, and track-and-trace technologies employed in the context of the COVID-19 crisis have been used to harass, detain, or sanction human-rights defenders and other activists in countries around the world. But that hasn't stopped the global wave of protests from continuing to build” (Lara Wodke, 2020).
Annual Review Of Constitution-Building: 2019
The first chapter summarizes a series of discussions International IDEA held with experts/scholars on the evolution of constitution-building from the past decade. The edition also includes chapters on public participation, constitutional change, the negotiations on federal state structures in Guinea, Mongolia, Zimbabwe and many other nations. (Abebe, et al., 2020)
IRI Releases New Handbook on Mentorship Relationships Across the Globe
"Recognizing the vital importance of mentorship, the International Republican Institute (IRI) has released a handbook that bolsters the relationship between mentors and mentees... In the guide, IRI breaks the mentorship relationship into five key steps, offering best practices and lessons learned from Laos, Panama and Cuba to provide a global view of the mentorship process" (International Republican Institute, 2020).
Τaking Stock Of Regional Democratic Trends In Asia And The Pacific Before And During The Covid-19 Pandemic
This GSoD In Focus Special Brief provides an overview of the state of democracy in Asia and the Pacific at the end of 2019, prior to the outbreak of the pandemic, and assesses some of the preliminary impacts that the pandemic has had on democracy in the region in 2020. (IDEA, 2020).
The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law
"This paper analyzes recent trends of democratic backsliding within the European Union (EU)" and provides "a comprehensive analysis of the essence of democratic backsliding by analyzing changes between 1990 and 2019 on key indicators of democracy – polyarchy, liberalism, participation, deliberation and egalitarianism – documented in the V-Dem dataset, within the European Union. We find that democratic backsliding at its core is structured by a deterioration of the quality of deliberation" (Gora and de Wilde, 2020).
Changing citizen behaviour to tackle climate change
The article discusses the impact of climate change and the role human behavior can play in mitigating the effects. The article also proposes multidisciplinary recommendations to tackle the issue of climate change and includes the opinions of experts such as policy analysts, EU Commission members, UN and various NGO delegates. (Friends of Europe, 2020).
Covid-19 Crackdowns: Police Abuse And The Global Pandemic
"This briefing brings together a variety of documented cases of human rights violations related to law enforcement and the COVID-19 pandemic in 60 countries in all regions of the world." (Amnesty International, 2020)
Twelve highlights from our 2020 research
These 12 charts distill some of the best research from the McKinsey Global Institute over the course of a year of shocks.
A Democracy Summit Is Not What the Doctor Ordered
“The United States” should focus “attention on the smaller groupings of democratic allies and partners that already exist” and revitalize “instruments for promoting democracy and human rights—as well as by recognizing that with respect to democracy, the most important task for the United States is to rebuild norms and institutions at home” (Goldgeier and Jentleson, 2020).
Justice Policy Series, Part II: Open Justice
“This paper is the second of three in a series on justice released as a part of the Open Government Partnership Global Report….the series aims to show how open government can make accountable, credible improvements to justice systems” and “inspire countries to adopt policies and activities” (Hickle 2020).
This site links to both original content and third-party content not owned by the Democracy & Culture Foundation, for which the foundation is not liable or responsible.
