Synopsis Web Links - - Self-Test Return to Table of Contents Chapter Two: Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy? Web Links (page references match the sixth edition) p. 39 - Democracies Online aims at "Promoting the development and sustainability of online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through experience, outreach, and education." International Idea, is a global organization created in 1955 by fourteen countries to promote and advance sustainable democracy and to improve and consolidate electoral processes world-wide. p. 51 - Listen to "Too Stupid for Democracy," by Canadian folksinger Eileen McGann, who set her own witty view to music. Here's the opening verse (complete lyrics are on the site): Oh I think we're just too stupid for democracy. Whoever thought majorities should rule? I think we're just too stupid for democracy. Show me a mirror, I'll show you a fool. [The copyrighted song, "Too Stupid for Democracy," is used with permission granted to The Challenge of Democracy, published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. If other textbook sites use this material, they may be doing so without permission.]

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Democracy In Action is sponsored by the Demcracy Center in San Francisco. It promotes greater involvement of citizens in governing, furnishes information about political behavior, and reports about the practice of democratic systems in various countries. Impact On-Line is sponsored by "a new nonprofit organization that is helping people get involved with nonprofits nationwide through the use of technology." Direct Democracy Center says that it's time to re-examine ourselves. Find out current definitions and interpretations of democracy and republic. Discuss the issue of whether we have democracy in America. Get suggestions for recommended readings on these issues and links to other like-minded Web sites. This organization recommends direct democracy through interactive voting on the Internet. Return to Top Synopsis WebLinks - - Self-Test Neither the Houghton Mifflin Company nor the authors of The Challenge of Democracy are responsible for content on these web sites. These links are for academic purposes only and are not advertisements or endorsements by COD, its publisher, or its authors.