Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Elections
Scholarly Publications
Do Fair Elections Increase the Responsiveness of Politicians?
January 2018
AbstractI leverage novel experimental designs and 2, 160 months of Members of Parliaments’ (MPs’) Constituency Development Fund spending to test whether fair elections promote democratic...
Iran’s 2017 Election: The Opposition Inches Forward
October 2017
Abbas Milani argues how the 19 May 2017 presidential election offers a window into the painful predicament of a democracy-minded society—demographically young, globally inclined, and social-media...
Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years
December 2015
At the end of Chen Shui-bian’s two terms as the president of Taiwan, his tenure was widely viewed as a disappointment, if not an outright failure.
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
How to Reverse the Degradation of Our Politics
November 2017
"The United States and its liberal democratic allies must develop a new global strategy to counter the power projection of expansive autocracies and to reboot an international campaign to promote...
Trump’s Re-Election Strategy
October 2017
"Trump is acting in manner that suggests that he hopes to repeat his 2016 feat of winning the Electoral College but not the popular vote. What he has said and done to date is consistent with that...
Events
Parties, Representation, and Governance in the 21st Century
October 22, 2018
Has the age of party democracy passed?
Arab Barometer Wave IV
March 26, 2018
This event is co-sponsored with The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. ABSTRACTThe Arab Barometer is the first and largest project of its kind that gives voice to the opinions and concerns of...
Political Contestation and New Social Forces in the Middle East and North Africa
March 9, 2018
Please note: Registration for the conference is open only to Stanford University affiliates. A valid SUNet ID is required to register. Click here to register.
Projects
The Deliberative Poll at the Internet Governance Forum 2015
The Deliberative Poll at the Internet Governance Forum 2015 (DP@IGF2015) project is a joint initiative between CDDRL's Program on Liberation Technology and the Center for Deliberative Democracy.
English
Brookings Doha Center-Stanford Project on Arab Transitions
The Brookings Doha Center-Stanford University "Project on Arab Transitions" - a joint initiative between the BDC and the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on...
English
Political Reform Prospects in Yemen
As in much of the Arab world, 2011 was a year of social upheaval and momentous change for Yemen.
English
Multimedia
How will Michael Flynn's resignation affect US-Russia relations?
February 2017
Russia expert and Stanford University senior fellow Kathryn Stoner on Russian reaction to the national security adviser's resignation. Watch the video here.
Election 2016: Recapping the Presidential Race
November 2016
The Presidential Election of 2016 has been unlike any in modern American history. How did voters decide between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton?
Infrastructural State Power in Putin's Russia
September 2016
Abstract:The paper introduces the public sector as a major source of infrastructural state capacity that helps autocrats survive.
People
Hesham Sallam Research Scholar Associate Director and Research Associate, Program on Arab Reform and Democracy 
