Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Mexico
Scholarly Publications
2006 Mexican Elections: A Challenge for Democracy
May 2006
This coming July, Mexicans will not only have the chance to democratically elect a president, but more importantly, they will have the opportunity to endorse democracy.
Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico
September 2006
This book provides a theory of the logic of survival of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), one of the most resilient autocratic regimes in the twentieth century.
Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America
August 2006
This book explores the politics of fiscal authority, focusing on the centralization of taxation in Latin America during the twentieth century.
Other Publications
La Geografía Electoral de 2012 (México)
October 2012
On July 1, over 50 million Mexicans went to the polls to elect the next President of the Republic.
Conference Report: Violence and Policing in Latin American and U.S. Cities [April 2014]
January 2015
The global cities of Latin America - Rio de Janeiro, Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Mexico City and Medellin - have become engines of economic growth.
Conference Report: Educational and Entrepreneurial Initiatives to Support Youth in Places of Violence [June 2015]
June 2015
Following in the footsteps of last year’s international conference on violence and policing in Latin American and U.S.
News
Renowned political economist and author Francis Fukuyama speaks on state-building
May 2004
In a May 14 lecture hosted by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Francis Fukuyama, PhD -- professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins University and...
Former President of Mexico sees positive economic, social growth for Latin America
March 2008
Addressing a packed auditorium on March 5, Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, spoke with intensity about Latin America's prospects for both social welfare and economic well-being in the...
Former president of Mexico to give public lecture March 5
February 2008
Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, will give a talk at Stanford titled "Economic Growth, Poverty and Democracy in Latin America--A President's Perspective" from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Events
Why being resource poor helps post-war development
October 23, 2007
Desha is a doctoral candidate at Stanford, where she researches the effects of international organizations on local institution-building.
Democratic Accountablitity and the Rule of Law in Mexico
October 7, 2004
This is an international conference sponsored by CDDRL's Rule of Law Program and the Stanford University School of Law.
Projects
Program on Poverty and Governance
The Program on Poverty and Governance at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law seeks to understand how effective public action and good governance are essential to...
English
Clientelism and Distortion of Anti-Poverty Policies
One of the greatest challenges for development is to sort out political incentives that adversely affect poverty-relief targeting.
English
Oil Dependent Producer States
Just over a year ago, Professor Thomas Heller, Director of CDDRL's Rule of Law Program, had just launched a new project on oil dependent producer states.
English
Multimedia
Violence and Policing in Latin American and US Cities Conference Presentations and Videos
April 2014
The global cities of Latin America - Rio de Janeiro, Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Mexico City and Medellin - have become engines of economic growth.
Alma Garcia, Cauce Ciudadano (Citizen Channel)
June 2015
Please note that this talk is in Spanish. To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 ----Speaker Bio: Alma Garcia was born in Mexico City on April 12, 1982.
Claudia Domínguez, Jóvenes con Porvenir
June 2015
Please note that this talk is in Spanish. To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 To view a PDF version of the presentation, please visit: ---------- Claudia Domínguez...
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