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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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Voting and Peer Effects: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique [Jan. 2015]
April 2015
Voter education campaigns often aim to increase voter participation and political accountability.
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.
Solutions to Political Polarization in America
April 2015
According to many commentators, political polarization is at an all-time high in American politics.
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.
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.
Democracy and Economic Growth: Some Regularities
July 2013
Abstract: The paper summarizes and evaluates our current understanding of relations between democracy and economic growth and analyzes the mechanisms of the causality from democracy to growth....
Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
April 2013
This study examines the influence of voter heterogeneity, measured as religious fractionalization, on how the introduction of elections affects public goods in rural China.
Internal Government Assessments of the Quality of Governance in China
April 2013
Authoritarian governments produce internal assessments of the quality of governance that allow them to identify and address brewing problems before they threaten regime stability.
Governing Security: The Hidden Origins of American Security Agencies
November 2012
Description from Stanford University Press:The impact of public law depends on how politicians secure control of public organizations, and how these organizations in turn are used to define...
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.
Deepening Democracy: A Strategy for Improving the Integrity of Elections Worldwide
September 2012
Deepening Democracy, a report by the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, highlights global threats to democratic progress and identifies major challenges to delivering elections...
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.
Voting for Change: The Pitfalls and Possibilities of First Elections in Arab Transitions
May 2012
The first elections after the fall of authoritarian regimes present an important opportunity for both local and international actors to strengthen transitional processes.
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Hesham Sallam Research Scholar, CDDRL Associate Director and Research Associate, Program on Arab Reform and Democracy 
Nathaniel Persily Co-director, Cyber Policy Center, Senior Fellow Professor, Law, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science, Professor, by courtesy, Communication 