A program of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), focusing on Arab World affairs. CDDRL is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Corruption
News
UC Santa Cruz Scholars Discuss the Origins and Implications of Algeria’s Uprising [VIDEO]
June 2019
In a talk dated May 31, 2019, UC Santa Cruz scholars Muriam Haleh Davis and Thomas Serres examined Algeria’s recent uprising, which led to the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
ARD scholar on resurgence of authoritarianism in Egypt
January 2015
On the fourth anniversary of Egypt's January 25 Revolution, Hesham Sallam, associate director of CDDRL's Program on Arab Reform and Democracy and Jadaliyya co-editor, remarks on the return of...
Stanford scholar comments on Egypt's interrupted revolution
June 2012
In less than a week, Egypt has witnessed a reversal of many of the gains it made during the course of the 16-month revolutionary period.
Events
The Struggle for Political Change in the Arab World
September 9, 2019
DAY 1: Friday October 11 8:30 – 9:00am Breakfast 9:00 – 9:15am Introductory Remarks 9:15 – 11:15am Panel 1: The Boundaries of Authoritarianism post-Arab UprisingsAmr Hamzawy,...
The Political Determinants of Health in the Arab World
May 30, 2013
Lina Khatib is the co-founding Head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
A discussion about economic formalization in the MENA region
April 12, 2013
Abstract: Does formalization really matter for developing economies?
Multimedia
The Tunisian Transition and the Challenge of Youth Alienation
April 2015
AbstractSocial and economic grievances of Tunisian youth played a major role in igniting the uprising in Tunisia, and more generally, the so-called Arab Spring.
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