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.
Language: English
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).
Electoral System Reform and Design
This document examines a series of Learning Sessions on constitutional change and federalism held in the Philippines in 2018 and…
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…
Democracy in the Times of Corona: Experiences of Australia, the Republic of Korea and Sweden
This document summarises the discussions of the webinar on 9 June 2020 to examine the pandemic’s potential consequences for democracy…
Digital Microtargeting
This Primer discusses digital microtargeting by political parties and concentrates on examples of political parties around the world that have…
Digital Solutions for Political Finance Reporting and Disclosure: A Practical Guide
This guide contains information on political party and candidate income and expenditure, and explains how transparency can be increased by…
Direct Democracy
This document analyses how direct democracy describes rules, institutions and processes that enable the public to vote directly on a…