Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Scholarly Publications
The Transformation of the Arab World
July 2012
In this article, Oliver Roy argues that in order to grasp what is happening in the Middle East, a number of deep-rooted prejudices must be set aside.
Rousseau: A Free Community of Equals
December 2010
In famously beautiful and laconic prose, Jean- Jacques Rousseau presents us a forceful picture of a democratic society, in which we live together as free and equal, and our politics focuses on the...
News
ARD 2018 Annual Conference Examines Dynamics of Governance and Political Participation in the MENA Region
April 2018
Under the title “Political Contestation and New Social Forces in the Middle East and North Africa,” the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy convened its 2018 annual conference on April 27 and 28...
Stanford Scholar Examines Sectarianism and Urban Segregation in Baghdad [VIDEO]
February 2016
As part of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy speaker series, Director of The Markaz: Resource Center Mona Damluji examined the impact of the US-led occupation of Iraq on sectarian-based...
ARD welcomes Egyptian intellectual Amr Hamzawy as a visiting scholar
October 2015
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law is pleased to welcome Egyptian academic and Former Member of Parliament Amr Hamzawy as a...
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,...
Tunisia's Vital Election: Democratic Consolidation in a Divided Society
September 9, 2019
ABSTRACTThis lecture will consider the challenge of moving from a negotiated transition to a consolidated democracy as exemplified by the case critical of Tunisia.
The Demise of the Islamist Utopia: What’s Next?
October 10, 2018
This event is co-sponsored with The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. ABSTRACTIslamist movements have dominated popular discussions of opposition and change within Arab politics for the past three...
Projects
Second and Third Generation Rights in Africa
Background In policy and legal circles, human rights and human well-being are often referred to as "universal" concepts. The human rights outlined in the 1946 Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
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Program on Economic Performance
Nearly half the world's population - some 2.8 billion people - lives on less than two dollars per day. The gap between the rich and the poor is vast.
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Multimedia
Stanford Scholar Examines Sectarianism and Urban Segregation in Baghdad
February 2016
As part of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy speaker series, Director of The Markaz: Resource Center Mona Damluji examined the impact of the US-led occupation of Iraq on sectarian-based urban segregation in Baghdad.
Amr Hamzawy: Anti-democratic Deceptions - How Egyptian Liberals Endorse Autocracy
November 2015
On October 27, 2015, ARD Visiting Scholar and former Egyptian Member of Parliament Amr Hamzawy spoke to the CDDRL community, sharing remarks on shifts in liberal thought in Egypt over the past several years.---------------------------Abstract:Over...
Pious Neoliberalism and Islamic Charity in Egypt
April 2015
AbstractIslamic charities occupied a critical space in Mubarak-era Egypt.
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