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Comparing America: Reflections on Democracy across Subfields
September 2019
Is America in a period of democratic decline?
The Meaning and Limits of Freedom of Expression in Lebanon: Publications Court Jurisprudence on Freedom of Expression vs. Defamation
November 2016
AbstractIn light of the legal issues raised by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) trial (April to June 2015) against the Lebanese Al-Jadeed television on charges of contempt of court and...
"Political Logic of Poverty Relief" Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico
October 2016
Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics.
Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy
April 2016
About the BookOver the past decade, illiberal powers have become emboldened and gained influence within the global arena.
Repression and Foreign Aid in Autocracies: Exploiting Debt Relief Negotiations in Post-Cold War Africa
February 2016
AbstractDoes dependence on development aid from Western sources constrain the use of repression among autocrats?
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.
The Aborigine Constituencies in the Taiwanese Legislature
November 2015
The Republic of China on Taiwan has long reserved legislative seats for its indigenous minority, the yuanzhumin.
Threats, Alliances, and Electorates: Why Taiwan's Defense Spending Has Fallen as China's Has Risen
November 2015
Over the past 20 years, the military balance between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan has rapidly shifted.
Electoral Systems and Polarization
October 2015
In an article in "The American Interest", Larry Diamond advocates electoral system reforms, including top-two and ranked-choice voting, as a potential antidote to partisan polarization.
Politics of Budgeting
October 2015
Francis Fukuyama discusses Congress's dysfunctional budgetary politics in "The American Interest", asking why the United States is one of the only advanced democracies under constant threat of...
Regulating Campaigns Online
October 2015
In "The American Interest", Nate Persily discusses the challenge of applying current regulatory frameworks to the world of online campaigns and digital technology.
Transparency and Governance
October 2015
Bruce Cain argues in "The American Interest" that greater transparency can undermine good governance by allowing undue influence of discrete interests and by creating inefficiencies.
Electoral Integrity in the United States
October 2015
Stephen Stedman argues in 'The American Interest" that efforts to improve American electoral integrity through reforms such as non-partisan election administration can protect the vote and restore...
Polarization and Partisanship
October 2015
In an article in the American Interest, Didi Kuo argues that understanding the causes of polarization -- whether rooted in a polarized electorate, or rooted in the ideological extremism of campaign...
In Search of Democracy
July 2015
This book evaluates the global status and prospects of democracy, with an emphasis on the quality of democratic institutions and the effectiveness of governance as key conditions for stable...
Do Politicians' Relatives Get Better Jobs? Evidence from Municipal Elections [May 2015]
May 2015
We estimate the impacts of being connected to politicians on occupational choice.
Solutions to Political Polarization in America
April 2015
According to many commentators, political polarization is at an all-time high in American politics.
Democracy More or Less: America's Political Reform Quandary
December 2014
Why do American political reform efforts so often fail to solve the problems they intend to fix? In this book, Bruce E.
The Next Democratic Century
January 2014
In an article published in the January 2014 issue of Current History, Larry Diamond urges civil society and policy leaders to stay optimistic about democracy’s future, arguing that its historical...
New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan
January 2014
New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these maturing democracies.Numerous works deal with...
Traditional Governance, Citizen Engagement and Local Public Goods: Evidence from Mexico
December 2013
We study the governance of public good provision in poor communities in Oaxaca, Mexico.
The Tortuous Trajectories of Democracy and the Persistence of Authoritarianism in Africa
November 2013
Abstract: This paper offers a systematic account of political regime changes in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1996-2010.
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Didi Kuo Senior Research Scholar, CDDRL, Associate Director for Research, CDDRL Academic Research & Program Manager, American Democracy in Comparative Perspective 
