Civic Participation (Politics)

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Bowling Together: Online Public Engagement in Policy Deliberation 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. (Civic Participation) http://bowlingtogether.net/ Center for Community and Civic Engagement 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. (Civic Participation) http://www.usm.edu/ccce Politically Independent Candidate X 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. (Civic Participation) http://www.picx.co.uk/ Ask Your MP Ask Your MP: Searchable directory of MPs and MEPs all over the UK. Find contact details for your local MP or MEP. (Civic Participation) http://www.askyourmp.co.uk/ govwatcher.org govwatcher.org: Promoting common sense government through citizen activism. (Civic Participation) http://www.ursenbach.net/govwatcher/ The Political Compass 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. (Civic Participation) http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/ Participatory Budgeting Participatory Budgeting: Description of the participatory budgeting model used in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Civic Participation) http://www.goethe.de/br/poa/buerg/en/framebag.htm Know Your Congress Know Your Congress: Contact information, campaign finance and PAC figures, and voting information for each member of Congress, from liberal watchdog group Common Cause. (Civic Participation) http://causenet.commoncause.org/afr/dbq/officials/ CIRELA Project 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. (Civic Participation) http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~seawrigh/cirela/ The Movement for Christian Democracy The Movement for Christian Democracy: A UK organization that exists to promote Christian involvement in politics and the democratic process. (Civic Participation) http://www.mcdpolitics.org/ Vote for America 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. (Civic Participation) http://www.voteforamerica.org Citizen Works 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, cal (Civic Participation) http://www.citizenworks.org/ Punkvoter.com 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 (Civic Participation) http://www.punkvoter.com/