Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Bulgaria
Scholarly Publications
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World
December 2009
This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars working on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to examine in depth three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven...
When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation
September 2009
All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise.
Differential Impact of EU Enlargement on First and Second Wave Applicants: Europeanizing Political Parties in Poland and Bulgaria
June 2006
In addition to domestic political and economic restructuring, most of the former state-socialist countries opted to establish political and economic relations with "the West" as a step to make the...
News
Five foreign policy questions for Obama and Romney
October 2012
With the third and final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney set to focus on foreign policy, researchers from the Freeman Spogli Institute ask the questions they want answered and...
New books released by CDDRL faculty
September 2009
Seven new books have been released by CDDRL affiliated faculty members Joshua Cohen, James Fishkin, Michael McFaul, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Joshua Teitelbaum, and Jeremy Weinstein.
- Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should and How We Can
- Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World
- Philosophy, Politics, Democracy: Selected Essays
- Coethnicity: Diversity and the Dilemmas of Collective Action
- Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies
- When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation
- Political Liberalization in the Persian Gulf
An Alliance That Really Works
November 2002
%people1% - The celebration in Prague should have been more raucous. The most successful alliance in world history has extended to corners of Europe unimaginable just a few years ago.
Events
Democracy in 'New Europe': Reversed Consolidation
February 21, 2013
Online campus map:http://campus-map.stanford.edu/ ONLINE RSVP required by 4 pm on 2/19:http://creees.stanford.edu/event/roundtable-new-europe Until recently, democracies in new European Union...
When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation
February 11, 2010
This talk provides an overview of deliberative democracy projects conducted by the Center for Deliberative Democracy and its partners in China, Northern Ireland, Brazil, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland...
U.S. and Bulgaria: New EU Member, New Opportunities
May 4, 2007
Ambassador John Beyrle presented his credentials to President Parvanov as U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria on September 8, 2005.
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