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Position Available at DCP: SUMMER RESEARCH
ASSISTANT
Work load: Full-time (40 hours/week)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Date: 15 May - 31 August 2006 (Flexible)
Application Deadline: 6 April
Stipend: Hourly pay plus metro and lunch benefits
The Democracy Coalition Project will be hiring
a Research Assistant for the summer of 2006 to provide research
activities, attend relevant meetings, write reports, provide
backup administrative support and assist DCP staff with special
projects. DCP is looking for a graduate or undergraduate student
pursuing a degree in international affairs or related fields.
The candidate should have some previous office and/or field
experience, excellent organization and communication skills,
strong writing and research abilities, good command of languages,
and computer literacy.
Those interested can submit a resume an cover
leeter by March 31 to the attention of Angel Alonso:
Via e-mail: info@demcoalition.org (Subject:
Position Summer 2006)
Via Fax: (202) 721-5658 (Subject: Position Summer 2006)
For further information, click
here
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DCP Releases New Publication: Regime Change
by the Book
The Democracy Coalition Project (DCP) has released
a new publication, Regime
Change by the Book, examining how democracies should manage
a crisis of leadership without provoking a crisis of regime.
Building on the landmark report “Threats
to Democracy: Prevention and Response,” issued by
the Council on Foreign Relations, DCP examines four categories
of legal regime change outside of national elections—recall
and votes of no confidence, impeachment, succession, and criminalization
of unconstitutional seizures of power. The report’s
premise is that, in order to avoid sliding backwards to authoritarian
rule, democratic governments should take steps to ensure continuity
of democratic government when political leaders face pressures,
sometimes violent, to step down from power. The report offers
a set of practical recommendations to politicians, their lawyers
and advisors for constitutional reforms which would safeguard
democracy during emergencies and further consolidate the rule
of law.
Read the One
Page Summary
Download
the entire report (16MB)
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Wangari Maathai, DCP International Advisory
Board Member,
wins 2004 Nobel Peace Prize
Wangari Maathai, the first woman from Africa
to be awarded the Nobel Peace prize, was chosen by the Norwegian
Nobel Committee for her contribution to “sustainable
development, democracy and peace.” Ms Maathai “stood
up courageously against the former oppressive regime in Kenya.
Her unique forms of action have contributed to drawing attention
to political oppression—nationally and internationally”
and through her dedication to human rights and women’s
rights she “has served as inspiration for many in the
fight for democratic rights.” Ms. Maathai has served
on the advisory board of DCP since its inception and has provided
valuable insight and advice to its directors on promoting
democracy and human rights in Africa and beyond.
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