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NIMD presents book on Europe's role in democracy-assistance
21 03 2007
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Den Haag, 21 March 2007 – In the aftermath of Europe’s 50th anniversary, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy celebrates the launch of the book ‘Democracy; Europe’s Core Value?’ On Monday 26 March, the first copy of the book will be presented to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Maxime Verhagen.
"The US response to 9/11 and the war in Iraq has rendered democracy assistance controversial" says Marieke van Doorn, one of the editors of the book. "That is unfortunate because both in the US and in Europe as well there are many organisations that work with governments and political parties, helping them improve the democratic system in their countries."
The experience derived from successive enlargements of the European Union confers on Europe a unique position in democracy assistance worldwide. The EU now embraces 27 different democratic systems, which demonstrates that democratization can take on a variety of forms.
In the book European scholars and practitioners, including Peter Burnell and Richard Youngs, discuss various aspects of the distinctly European contribution towards this challenge. Their essays concentrate on European democratic values and the European profile in democracy assistance work.
The editors of the book are Roel von Meijenfeldt and Marieke van Doorn, respectively Director and Policy Officer with the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). The NIMD is an organization of political parties in The Netherlands for political parties in young democracies. The NIMD supports joint initiatives of parties to improve the democratic system in their country. The NIMD also supports the institutional development of political parties, helps them develop party programmes and assists them in efforts to enhance relations with civil society organizations and the media.
The NIMD was founded in 2000 by seven Dutch political parties (CDA, PvdA, VVD, Groenlinks, D66, Christen Unie en SGP). The NIMD currently works with more than 150 political parties from 17 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe.
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De book presentation takes on Monday 26 March 2007, 17.00–18.00
in bookshop Selexys-Verwijs, Passage 39, The Hague
To attend the presentation, request interviews or information please contact Maarten H.J. van den Berg, Communications Officer NIMD
Phone: +31 (0)70 311 4994, Mobile: +31 (0)6 5051 7563, mailto:media@nimd.org
To order the book or to request review copies please contact publisher Eburon, Wiebe de Jager. Phone: +31 (0)15213 1484, mailto:info[at]eburon.nl
Democracy: Europe's Core Value?
On the European profile in world-wide democracy assistance
Marieke van Doorn, Roel von Meijenfeldt (Eds.)
ISBN 978-90-5972-134-0
258 pages, hardcover
Price: € 39,--
To order the book online:
http://www.eburon.nl/product_details.php?item_id=371
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