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Spoiler Alert: A Framework for Analyzing the Remnants of Toppled Kleptocracies and the Forces of Reform

At the start of this century, just over 20 years ago, Peru was in the process of deep ‘dekleptification.’ After a decade in power, President Alberto Fujimori and Vladimiro Montesinos, his notorious chief of intelligence services, had fled the country to evade justice.

Proactive Transparency Practices for Political Parties

As public and fundamental institutions in any democratic system, political parties must be transparent in their daily procedures and management, in order to endorse themselves as responsible actors who are accountable to citizens for how and why they make the decisions that guide their actions.

Bridging the Divide

Around the world, engagement between young people and political parties is increasingly low. While young people are interested in politics, they are less inclined to engage with or become members of formal political institutions. Bridging the divide between young people and political parties requires new strategies that recognize young people’s legitimate concerns about formal institutions and the different ways in which young people want to organize politically.

Strategic planning in political parties - Innovative Methodologies and Experiences for the Inclusion of Party Members in Decision-Making

Political parties today are challenged to engage in democratic and inclusive decision making within their structures to strengthen their legitimacy and the confidence of their members and citizens in parties.

Democratic Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America

Democratic Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America

Presented at

“The State of Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Submitted by

Deborah Ullmer