Citizens’ movements have played an important part in cleaning up general elections in several countries. Brian Lightowler charts their development from 1988 to the present day.

Laurence Cockcroft is chairman of Transparency International’s UK chapter and a member of TI’s main board.

Afghanistan is still waiting for freedom from hunger, disease and violence, writes Anila Daulatzai

Throughout the highs and lows of a long diplomatic career, Archie Mackenzie has always striven to put service ahead of ambition. Campbell Leggat and Kenneth Noble tell his story.

Douglas Tanner set up an institute to inject faith values into the US House of Representatives—and to make sure that Members are up to speed on their country’s racial history. Bob Webb tells his story.

Good governance starts with individuals, discovers Paul Williams.

Thirty people from political life took part in a three-day round table conference on good governance.

Russian essayist and philosopher Grigory Pomerants found his voice in a Soviet prison camp. He talks to Peter Thwaites

Lee H Hamilton, head of the Woodrow Wilson centre in Washington DC, has won international acclaim for his work in foreign affairs--but he equally values what he can do for ordinary people, discovers Robert Webb.

Chris Landsberg teaches South African and African Foreign Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and is Hamburg Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, USA