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Making Politics Work

To help meet this challenge we have selected especially useful information on the topics listed below. Information about the strengths and weaknesses of these resources is also available. 

 Functions of the State
   »  Monopoly on the Means of Violence (Military)
   »  Regulation and Oversight of the Market (By National Economists and Trade Actors)
   »  Management of Public Finances (Treasury)
   »  Invest in Human Capital (Education, Training, Health, and Welfare)
   »  Oversight of International Relations and Public Borrowing (National Diplomats and Negotiators)
   »  Public Administration (By Executive Branch)
   »  Management of Public Finances (Treasury)
   »  National Enterprise Actors Invest in Natural, Industrial, Intellectual Assets
   »  Provide Public Goods
   »  Defense
   »  Law and Order
   »  Property Rights
   »  Macroeconomic Management
   »  Public Health
   »  Addressing Externalities
   »  Education
   »  Environmental Protection
   »  Regulating Monopolies
   »  Utility Regulation
   »  Anti-trust
   »  Overcoming Imperfect Information
   »  Insurance
   »  Financial Regulation
   »  Market Protection
   »  Proving Social Insurance
   »  Redistributive Pensions
   »  Family Allowances
   »  Unemployment Redistribution
   »  Wealth Redistribution
 International Politics
   »  Governance Failures
   »  Democracy and Political Institutions
   »  Political Culture
 International Order
   »  Sovereignty
   »  Sovereign Principle of Nonintervention
   »  Nonstate Rule-making
   »  International Regimes
   »  International Interdependence
   »  Emerging Powers in the International Order
   »  Stable Governance Structures
   »  Governance Systems
   »  Partners in Governance
   »  Democratic Norms
   »  Governance Structures
   »  Governance Norms
   »  UN Observer Status
   »  The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
 International Organizations
   »  Background on International Organizations
   »  Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
   »  State and Nonstate Partnerships/ Private-public Partnerships
   »  Nonterritorial Sovereign Organizations (NTSOs)
   »  Theories of International Organizations
   »  Membership, Representation and Withdrawal from International Organizations
 Comparative Politics
   »  The State in Comparative Politics
   »  Functions of the State
   »  Political Development Theory
   »  Political Modernization
 Democratic Institutions
   »  Democratization
   »  Democracy and Conflict Management
   »  Rule of Law
   »  Nation Building
 Alternative Governance Structures
   »  Local Autonomy
   »  Parcelization of Authority
 Elections
   »  Elections
   »  Election Monitoring
   »  Voting and Decision-Making
 Decision Making
   »  Decision Making Delay
      Foreign Policy Decision-Making
        »  Rational Actor Model
        »  International Policymaking
        »  Domestic Influence on International Politics
      Domestic Decision-Making
        »  Organizational Behavior Model
        »  Domestic Policymaking
        »  International Influence on Politics
        »  Consensus Oriented Governance
        »  Voting and Decision-Making
 International Security
   »  Terrorism
   »  Peace, War, and International Security
   »  Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
 Civil Society
   »  Social Capital
   »  Public Roles
   »  Participatory Governance
   »  Global Civil Society
   »  Grassroots Process Design
   »  Civic Education
   »  Public Participation
   »  Nonviolence and Nonviolent Direct Action
 Diplomacy
   »  Diplomacy
   »  Track I Diplomacy
   »  Peace Agreements
   »  Procedural Components of Peace Agreements
   »  Structural Components of Peace Agreements
   »  Track II (Citizen) Diplomacy
   »  Track I - Track II Cooperation
   »  Multi-track Diplomacy
   »  Sanctions
 Regime Change
   »  Political Revolution
   »  Self Determination
 Ethics
   »  Political Ethics
   »  International Ethics
   »  Ethics and Legitimacy
   »  Meta-Ethics
   »  Dilemmas of Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations
   »  Ethics and Humanitarian Aid
   »  Ethics and Peacebuilding
 Democracy and Democratization
   »  Dilemmas of Reconciliation
   »  International Law
   »  International Governance
   »  History of International Law and Organization
   »  Voting Procedures in International Organizations
   »  Rule Making Powers
   »  International Rule Making
   »  Dispute Settlement and Interpretative Powers
   »  International Dispute Settlement
   »  Enforcement Techniques
   »  International Enforcement
   »  Enforcement and International Organizations
   »  Democracy and Development
   »  Democratic Transition
   »  Legitimacy and Transition to Democracy
   »  Democratic Consolidation
   »  Legitimacy Gap
 International Issues
   »  Sovereignty and Intervention
   »  United Nations and Legitimacy
   »  WTO and International Organization of Trade
   »  WTO and Legitimacy
   »  Peace and Security
   »  International Peace and Security
   »  Global Security
   »  International Peace Organizations
   »  Global Economic Governance
 Other Issues
   »  Democracy and Legitimacy
   »  Measuring Democracy
   »  Democracy and Political Institutions
   »  Political Economy
   »  Democracy and Political Economy
   »  Political Culture
   »  Political Institutions and Legitimacy
   »  Democracy and Political Culture
   »  Democracy Assistance
   »  Corruption and Legitimacy
   »  Constitutional Engineering
   »  Democracy in Multiethnic Societies
   »  Elites and Neo-Patrimonialism
   »  Local Level Democracy
   »  Local Government Legitimacy
   »  Statebuilding
   »  Legitimacy and Statebuilding
   »  Collaborative Governance
   »  Leader as Relationship Builder
   »  Legitimate Leadership
   »  Leading Change and Transformation