Global Passport to Modern Direct Democracy
This document offers basic information about the tools of direct democracy. It introduces key definitions, describes various tools, and includes…
Geographical Coverage: Global
The Global State of Democracy 2021
This Report provides lessons and recommendations that governments, political and civic actors, and international democracy assistance providers should consider in…
The Global State of Democracy IDEAthons
This report summarizes the main findings from each of the IDEAthons, collaborative events that engaged with issues of The Global…
How Federations Responded to Covid-19
This document explores how countries with a federal form of government responded in distinctive ways to the health and economic…
Federalism
This Primer explores how federalism, as a constitutional mechanism for dividing power between different levels of government, can enjoy constitutionally…
Electing Presidents in Presidential and Semi-Presidential Democracies
This primer discusses the constitutional rules for choosing presidents in countries where the president exercises significant governance powers.
Electoral Justice Regulations Around the World
This report provides an overview of the global data on the electoral dispute-resolution (EDR) mechanisms contained within the International IDEA…
Electoral System Design Database Codebook
This Codebook provides detailed explanations of the variables in International IDEA’s Electoral System Design Database (ESDDatabase).
Emergency Law Responses to Covid-19 and the Impact on Peace and Transition Processes
This report explores the way governments undergoing transitions to peace and democracy have triggered emergency legal frameworks to disable some…
Democracy and the Challenge of Climate Change
This report explores IDEA’s work on climate change and democracy as it aims to support democratic institutions to successfully confront…