Report on democracy assistance from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa. EUSpring Report, 18 May 2016

Since the Arab uprisings of 2011, European Union (EU) assistance has nominally targeted more resources to supporting democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The EU has better equipped itself institutionally, financially and conceptually, by strengthening its bottom up grassroots approach to democracy support; resources earmarked for supporting civil society have been increased, the budget for the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) has been beefed up, and the strengthened EU Delegations have be come more empowered to reach out to groups at the local grass roots level behind democracy activities; The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) was created with the mandate to support individuals and organizations in neighbouring countries that work for democracy. Whether this translates into a more effective strategy for democracy support, however, remains to be seen. In this report, Rosa Balfour, Francesca Fabbri and Richard Youngs present a detailed overview of the support given to civil society in the MENA region by the EU, with a special focus on the various financial instruments used.

Equal Partners in Dialogue? Participation Equality in a Transnational Deliberative Poll (Europolis)

By gathering a representative sample of citizens from all 27 EU Member States, the deliberative poll Europolis created the opportunity for the inclusion of a wide variety of European voices. Taking up claims of difference democrats who argue that informal hurdles to participation can endure even after individuals gain formal access to the floor, this article argues for an extended approach to evaluate equality in deliberative minipublics. Specifically, it assesses whether participants contributed in roughly equal measures to the discussion and whether their discussion partners considered their contributions on equal merits. In doing so, the article adds to the small but growing literature on deliberation that expresses reservations about taking the willingness to engage with others' claims for granted. In order to account for the intrinsically relational aspect of interpersonal communication, measures of social network analysis are introduced as possible tools to evaluate participation equality in deliberative encounters.

The emancipation of India. A reply to the article by the Right Hon. Viscount Morley, O.M., on "British democracy and Indian government" in the "Nineteenth century and after" for February, 1911.

Portrait on cover.

Baruch Spinoza and Western democracy; an interpretation of his philosophical, religious, and political thought.

Mode of access: Internet.

Aristotle's history of Athenian democracy,

Bibliography: p. 205-208.

Democracy or anarchy? : A study of proportional representation /

Mode of access: Internet.

Democracy,

Natural rights of man.--Principles of democracy.--The Constitution.--Political economy.--Social welfare.--Religion.--Foreign affairs.--Appendix: 1. Axioms and dicta. II. Opinion of contemporaries. III. Select bibliography (p. 283-285)

The federal government and functional democracy,

"Selected bibliography": p. 32.

Social civics; our democracy and its problems.

Text on verso of frontispiece and plates.

Shakespeare and democracy /

Includes bibliographical references.

China builds for democracy : a story of cooperative industry /

"Printed in China".

The Jeffersonian tradition in American democracy /

Includes index.

Criminal justice and democracy in the Western Hemisphere.

"April 1989."

Europe between democracy and anarchy.

"References": p. [259]-285.

The Panama Democracy and Economic Recovery Act [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittees on International Economic Policy and Trade and on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, on H.R. 4703, October 6, 1988.

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 89 H381-34