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RELEVANT READING

Beetham, David. 1999. 'The Idea of Democratic Audit in Comparative Perspective'. Parliamentary Affairs 52 (4): 567-581.

Beetham, David et al. 2001. Handbook on Democracy Assessment. The Hague: Kluwer Law International & IDEA.

Beetham, David (ed). 1994. Defining and Measuring Democracy. London: Sage.

Beetham, David, et al. 2002 Democracy Under Blair: A Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom. London: Politico's Publishing

Bracking, Sarah. 2000. 'The Kenya SAREAT/International IDEA Democracy Workshop'. Review of African Political Economy 27 (85): 462-468.

Catt, Helena. 1999. 'Are Demands for a "Politics of Presence" Detected by "Democratic Audits"?' Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 37 (1): 56-70.

Dean, Mitchell and Barry Hindess (ed). 1998. Governing Australia: Studies in Contemporary Rationalities of Government. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Dryzek, John S. 2000. Deliberative Democracy and Beyond. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Freedom House. 2000. Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Liberties 1999-2000. New York: Freedom House.

Galligan, Brian, Ian McAllister and John Ravenhill (ed). 1997. New Developments in Australian Politics. Melbourne: Macmillan.

Held, David. 1996. Models of Democracy, 2nd edition. Cambridge: Polity.

Henderson, John and Paul Bellamy. 2002. Democracy in New Zealand: International IDEA Country Study. Christchurch, New Zealand and Stockholm, Sweden: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury and International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.

International IDEA. 2001. State of Democracy: Pilot Countries: An Overview of Democracy Assessment Reports in Bangladesh, El Salvador, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, New Zealand, Peru, and South Korea.
http://www.idea.int/ideas_work/14_political_state.htm

International IDEA 2001. Democracy and the Information Revolution: Values, Opportunities and Threats. Democracy Forum 2001 Report. http://www.idea.int/frontpage_forum2001.htm

Johns, Gary. 1999. 'Political Parties: From Private to Public'. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 37 (2): 89-113.

Johns, Gary. 2000. 'Party Democracy: An Audit of Australian Parties'. Australian Journal of Political Science 35 (3): 401-425.

Klug, Francesca, Keir Starmer & Stuart Weir. 1996. The Three Pillars of Liberty: Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom. The Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom. London: Routledge.

Melville, Rose. 1999. 'The State and Community Sector Peak Bodies: Theoretical and Policy Challenges'. Third Sector Review 5 (2): 25-41.

Norris, Pippa. 2001. The Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet in Democratic Societies. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Petersson, Olof, et al. 1997. Democracy and Leadership: Report from the Democratic Audit of Sweden 1996. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.

Petersson, Olof, et al. 1998. Democracy across Borders: Report from the Democratic Audit of Sweden 1997. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.

Petersson, Olof, et al. 1999. Democracy the Swedish Way: Report from the Democratic Audit of Sweden 1999. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.

Sawer, Marian (ed.). 2001. Elections: Full, Free & Fair. Leichhardt: Federation Press.

Sawer, Marian and Gianni Zappalà (ed.) 2001. Speaking for the People: Representation in Australian Politics. Carlton South: Melbourne University Press.

Uhr, John. 1998. Deliberative Democracy in Australia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Weir, Stuart and David Beetham. 1999. Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain. The Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom. London: Routledge.

Weir, Stuart et al.2002 Democracy Under Blair: A Democratic Audit of the United Kingdom. London: Politico's Publishing