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In addition to the Journal of Democracy and Journal of Democracy Books, the International Forum for Democratic Studies has produced a number of conference reports and books that examines not only the particular issues facing emerging democracies and transitional societies but also the common problems of institutional performance and civic participation that confront both new and established democracies.

International Forum Books published through Lynne Rienner Publishers:

Consolidating Democracy in South Korea (2000), edited by Larry Diamond and Byung-Kook Kim.
The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies (1999), edited by Andreas Schedler, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner.
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America, Second Edition (1999), edited by Larry Diamond, Jonathan Hartlyn, Juan J. Linz, and Seymour Martin Lipset.

The Forum's Research and Conferences program analyzes the conditions and challenges of democratic transition, reform, and consolidation around the world.

Through its conferences, seminars, reports, edited volumes, and other research projects, the Forum examines the particular issues facing emerging democracies, troubled democracies, and transitional societies as well as the common problems of institutional performance and democratic quality that confront both new and established democracies.

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The Democracy Forum for East Asia was established as the result of an agreement between President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea and Bill Clinton in November, 1998 to promote and strengthen democracy in East Asia. The Sejong Institute in South Korea, and the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the NED were designated by their respective governments as the operating agencies. As a result, the two institutions subsequently agreed to create a joint program of mutual dialogue and exchange, education and training, and networking to achieve the objectives of the Democracy Forum.

The Democracy Forum was premised on the idea that open exchanges of ideas and experiences among the actual practitioners of democracy in East Asia can contribute greatly to the improvement and stabilization of the region's democracies. Between 1999 and 2002, the Democracy Forum for East Asia organized eight conferences. The inaugural conference was held in July 1999 in Seoul; it was followed by seven working conferences in Seoul and Bangkok.

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