Political Philosophies & Systems 

• Aristotle and Plato
  
  • Politics by Aristotle / Plato's Republic (Internet Classics Archive)
  • Politics by Aristotle / The Republic by Plato (Project Gutenbverg)
  • Aristotle: Politics / Plato's Political Philosophy (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
  • Aristotle's Political Theory / Plato: Ethics and Politics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• Google Directory: Political Philosophy
  Links to pages about political systems and political philosophers.
• Political philosophy: a Small Companion to Cyberspace
  Links to internet pages on political philosophy. Arranged by historical era and topic.
• Political Philosophy by Paul Newall
  "In this article we'll discuss Political Philosophy, from what we mean by the term and what it's good for, through some historical ideas and perspectives, to the common divisions employed today."
• Political Philosophy Internet Resources
  Annotated list of sites about economics, human rights, and political theory.
• Political Resources on the Net
  "Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world."
• Political Systems
  "There follows a brief guide to the various political systems available from the menu of human philosophical and political experience." Opinions from a personal site in the U.K.
• University of Michigan Documents Center: Political Science
  Links to important works of political theory and philosophy from all times and places.
• Wikipedia: Civics / Forms of Government / Government / Political Philosophy
  General introductions with links. [Note: may be useful but should not be relied on as one's only source.]

 Democracy

• Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America
  Complete text of de Tocqueville's famous work on American history, character, and government in the 1830's. Also available as free downloadable files from Project Gutenberg: volume 1
  volume 2.
• The Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
  From the Government Printing Office, "These titles contain information which is vital to the democratic process and critical to an informed electorate."
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Democracy
  Discusses the history of democracy and democractic theory.
• James Russell Lowell: On Democracy
  Essay on American democracy by American poet and man of letters James Russell Lowell in the 19th century.
• A More Perfect Union
  A ThinkQuest project on the history of democracy in the world and in the U.S.
• The Three Branches of Government
  A ThinkQuest project neatly explaining the relationship of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government.
• Wikipedia: e-democracy
  Introduction to electronic democracy, with links to many other sources.