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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND REPRESENTATIONPolitical Parties2010, 204 ppISBN 978-91-85724-80-2FreeEnIslamist Mass Movements, External Actors andPolitical Change in the Arab WorldSome electoral successes of Islamist movements inthe Arab world have stimulated a broad political andacademic debate around how democracy can and willdevelop in the region.In order to understand the role that Islamistmovements have or can have in their politicalcontexts and to evaluate Western policies towardsthem, it is necessary to start from a non-ideologicaland non-Western-centred analysis of the ongoingstructural changes in these countries, prioritizingempirical data collection over normative schemes.Co-publishers: Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale andIstituto Affari InternazionaliEffective Party AssistanceStronger Parties for Better DemocracyParty assistance as a field of international cooperationhas been expanding steadily since the 1950s, but thereis no consensus about what constitutes effective partyassistance. This policy paper argues that the assistancecommunity should develop common principles forproject needs assessment, monitoring implementationand impact evaluation to make activities more effective.2007, 35 ppISBN 978-91-85724-27-7FreeEn Es Fr20