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A More Systematic Approach to Biological Risk
December 2015
Management of emerging risks in life science and technology requires new leadership and a sober assessment of the legacy of Asilomar.
Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy
June 2012
This book originated in a conference on "Liberation Technology in Authoritarian Regimes" held at Stanford University in Oct.
Aiding Latin America's Poor
October 2009
(excerpt) Social policy in Latin America has traditionally failed to benefit the poor.
Evaluating International Influences on Democratic Development: Poland 1980-1989
July 2008
The case of Poland in the 1980s is an example of a successful democratic breakthrough with the endpoint defined, for the purposes of this paper, as the election of Tadeusz Mazowieckia Catholic...
Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?
November 2007
A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision.
Iran's weakened hard-liners crave a US attack
February 2007
Bombing Iran will exacerbate, not resolve problems, Michael McFaul, Larry Diamond and Abbas Milani demonstrate in a new landmark article.
Oil-Led Development: Social, Political, and Economic Consequences
January 2007
Proponents of oil-led development believe that countries lucky enough to have "black gold" can base their development on this resource.
Student Achievement and National Economic Growth
August 2006
Educational policy around the world has increasingly focused on improving aggregate student achievement as a means to increase economic growth.
Beyond Corporate Codes of Conduct: Work Organization and Labor Standards in Two Mexican Garment Factories
August 2006
This paper was discussed at the Global Justice workshop on October 20, 2006.Abstract of Richard Locke's "Beyond Corporate Codes of Conduct: Work Organization and Labor Standards in Two Mexican...
Scientization: Making a World Safe for Organization
July 2006
All around the world, societies are experiencing an explosion of organizations and organizing: community clubs, religious groups, social movements, as well as schools, hospitals, businesses and...
Contagion Deterred: Preemptive Authoritarianism in the Former Soviet Union (the Case of Belarus)
June 2006
The wave of democratic electoral revolutions in the Eastern Europe and post-Communist Eurasia revived one of the most appealing and at the same time disputable arguments in the theory of...
Sovereign Democracy and Shrinking Political Space
April 2006
Several years ago, Kremlin public relations specialists coined the term "managed democracy" to describe the unique features of Russia's evolving political system.
World-Wide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century, The
December 2005
The authors examine the global expansion of higher educational enrollments over the 20th century. Rates of growth accelerated in virtually all countries after 1960.
Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It?
April 2005
Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty - poor people themselves.
Standardizing and Globalizing the Nation-State
November 2004
In the course of comparative research and consulting work, one comes across many examples of local policies and preferences that clearly reflect worldwide fashions.
After the Collapse of Communism: Comparative Lessons of Transition
September 2004
This collection of essays is the result of a conference convened at Princeton University marking the ten year anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Institutions and Impersonal Exchange: The European Experience
August 2004
This paper presents an institution - the Community Responsibility System (CRS) - which presents a missing link in our understanding of market development.
Science in the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization
December 2003
Synthesizing decades of sociological work at Stanford University on the development of the modern nation-state system since World War II, contributors argue that striking similarities increasingly...
Power and Purpose: American Policy toward Russia after the Cold War
December 2003
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner.
Workshop on Regime Transitions from Communist Rule in Comparative Perspective
December 2003
On 15-16 November 2002, the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law of the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University sponsored a workshop in Stanford, CA on "Regime...
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