Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Scholarly Publications
Clientelism, Capitalism, and Democracy
August 2018
Political parties in the United States and Britain used clientelism and patronage to govern throughout the nineteenth century.
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
August 2018
In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups.
Follow the Leader
March 2018
A year into the Trump Administration, the health and stability of American democracy remain an open question.
Other Publications
Banking on your neighbours: Savings groups and financial intermediation among the poor
May 2018
Informal savings and borrowing institutions are a way to intermediate between savers and borrowers in the developing world.
ProZorro - From a Volunteer Initiative to a Major State Reform
March 2018
This case examines the decision process of a team of volunteers that started a public procurement reform named ProZorro.
Thailand's Collective Action Coalition Against Corruption
March 2018
This case focuses on a private sector initiative to fight deep-seated corruption in Thailand.
News
Hong Kong localism and independence
August 2018
*/ Hong Kong’s democrats need to focus on ‘prize’ of universal suffrage rather than independence, leading US academic Larry Diamond says. Read the article here.
The Decline of American Public Administration
August 2018
"If you want some notion of the problem, just try uttering the words “public administration” before a roomful of students and watch them look at their phones or start to fall asleep.
Saving the world’s food and water supplies with Ertharin Cousin
August 2018
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University is pleased to announce that former U.S.
Events
A Brief History of Security
June 7, 2018
Speaker(s) Bio: Stephen Stedman is a Freeman Spogli senior fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law and FSI, an affiliated faculty member at CISAC, and professor of...
CDDRL Weekly Research Seminar featuring Honor Student Awardees
May 31, 2018
TITLE: The China Wide Web: The information Dilemma and the Domestsication of Cyberspace Qitong Tom CaoMajor: Political Science; Computer Science (minor); MS&E (Computational Social Science)...
Learning Lessons? A Comparison of Planning for the Occupations of Japan and Iraq
May 24, 2018
Abstract:In 2002 and 2003, Americans pointed to Japan after the Second World War as a model which proved that enemy countries could be remade into stable democratic allies through short military...
Projects
Program on Human Rights
The Program on Human Rights (PHR) at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) will be phasing out its program in 2015 with the retirement of PHR’s Director Helen...
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CDDRL Special Events
The CDDRL special events draw scholars and practitioners to the Center to comment on the most relevant and timely topics impacting the field of democracy, development, and the rule of law.
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Online course on technology for accountability launches in English and Arabic
The Program on Liberation Technology (LibTech) at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law together with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) are proud to launch a free...
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Multimedia
Deconstructing World Culture: The rise of legal restrictions on foreign funding to NGOs, 1994-2015
June 2017
Abstract:There is a growing backlash against the liberal and neoliberal economic, political and social ideologies that have dominated the globe since the 1980s.
Social Movements and the Networked Public Sphere: The Complexities of Empowerment and Fragility
May 2017
Speaker Bio:Zeynep Tufekci, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, writes about the social impacts of technology.
How Accountable?: Assessing Developments in Accountability at Multilateral Development Banks
May 2017
Abstract:Within the last fifteen years, nine multilateral development banks (MDBs) have established internal accountability offices (IAOs). These IAOs, the most well-known of which is the World Bank Inspection Panel, allow communities within...
People
Scott Rozelle Senior Fellow, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies