A program of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). CDDRL is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Elections
Scholarly Publications
Electoral Integrity in the United States
October 2015
Stephen Stedman argues in 'The American Interest" that efforts to improve American electoral integrity through reforms such as non-partisan election administration can protect the vote and restore...
Polarization and Partisanship
October 2015
In an article in the American Interest, Didi Kuo argues that understanding the causes of polarization -- whether rooted in a polarized electorate, or rooted in the ideological extremism of campaign...
Electoral Systems and Polarization
October 2015
In an article in "The American Interest", Larry Diamond advocates electoral system reforms, including top-two and ranked-choice voting, as a potential antidote to partisan polarization.
Other Publications
Conference Report: Lobbying and Campaign Finance [November 2014]
April 2015
On November 14-15, the Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective hosted a conference on Lobbying and Campaign Finance.
Conference Report: Electoral Systems Reform in the U.S. [Mar. 2014]
January 2015
The Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective hosted a workshop on electoral systems on March 14-15, 2014.
News
Nate Persily on Trends in Polarization
August 2016
As part of Stanford Worldview's Wide Angle: Election 2016 Project, Nate Persily of Stanford Law School recently described how the 2016 election highlights changing trends in polarization and...
Fixing American Democracy
October 2015
Scholars with the American Democracy in Comparative Perspective Program at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law published a series of articles in the latest edition of...
Diamond on ending the Presidential-Debate duopoly
May 2015
In a recent article in The Atlantic, CDDRL Director Larry Diamond argues that third-party candidate participation in presidential debates is an essential next-step for democracy in the U.S.
Events
Parties, Representation, and Governance in the 21st Century
October 22, 2018
Has the age of party democracy passed?
Election 2016: Recapping the Presidential Race
October 10, 2016
**We are no longer accepting RSVPs. This event is at capacity. Please join us via Facebook Live.** The Presidential Election of 2016 has been unlike any in modern American history.
Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States
February 1, 2016
ABSTRACTIn Ballot Battles, Edward Foley presents a sweeping history of election controversies in the United States, tracing how their evolution generated legal precedents that ultimately...
Multimedia
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective
May 2015
AbstractAmerican democracy differs greatly from other democracies around the world. But is the American way more or less efficacious than comparable democracies in Asia, Latin America, or Europe? What if the United States had a prime minister...
The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis
February 2015
Talk DescriptionFormer Congressmen Tom Davis and Martin Frost present the keys to fixing a broken Congress in this talk on their new book, The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis, a powerful and important new work by two former congressional...
Blueprint for Bipartisanship: A Conversation with Senator Olympia Snowe and Jason Grumet
November 2014
On Tuesday, November 11, CDDRL welcomed former Senator Olympia Snowe and Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
