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Political Change in Taiwan: Implications for American Policy
October 2000
Transcript of an address given by Richard Bush, chairman of the board and managing director of the American Institute in Taiwan, on May 24, 2000.
Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000
December 2003
Twice in the winter of 1999-2000, citizens of the Russian Federation flocked to their neighborhood voting stations and scratched their ballots in an atmosphere of uncertainty, rancor, and fear....
Between Dictatorship and Democracy: Russian Post-Communist Political Reform
February 2004
For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still?
The Quality of Two Liberal Democracies in Africa: Ghana and South Africa
December 2003
While the Third Wave of Democracy swept through many African countries in the 1990s, South Africa and Ghana stand out as two of the continent’s real success stories politically.
The Quality of Democracy in South Korea and Taiwan: Subjective Assessments from the Perspectives of Ordinary Citizens
December 2003
South Korea (Korea hereafter) and Taiwan are widely recognized as the two most successful third-wave democracies in Asia (Chu, Diamond, and Shin, 2001; Diamond and Plattner, 1998; Shin and Lee,...
The Quality of Democracy: The Ambiguous Virtues of Accountability
December 2003
When Terry Karl and I were searching for the most generic definition of “modern representative political democracy,” we hit upon the concept of accountability.
Ruling Parties and Durable Authoritarianism
October 2004
The field of authoritarian subtypes has usefully described the third wave's undercurrent, an international trend toward plebiscitarian politics among persistent dictatorships.
What Causes Democracy?
December 2005
The question of "what a democracy is - and is not," to borrow a well-known title, should rather be understood as falling along a continuum.
From Democracy to Democratization and Back: Before Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
December 2005
The paper examines the contributions of scholars of transitions by illuminating, first, key shifts in our theoretical understanding that occurred with the publication of Transitions from...
Small Democratic Step
December 2007
Excerpt For the last eight years of Vladimir Putin's presidency, friends of mine who either worked for or were simply sympathetic to the Kremlin have argued at various times that Russia was a ...
Stabilizing Iraq: Options for Democracy, Security, and Development
May 2006
In March 2006, Stanford University's Center for Democracy Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) brought together 25 leading scholars and policymakers to discuss the political, security, and...
2006 Mexican Elections: A Challenge for Democracy
May 2006
This coming July, Mexicans will not only have the chance to democratically elect a president, but more importantly, they will have the opportunity to endorse democracy.
Defining and Domesticating the Electoral Model: A Comparison of Slovakia and Serbia
May 2006
The transitions to democracy in the postcommunist region over the past decade and one-half share a common dynamic, featuring the interaction between two sets of factors.
Democratization in Postcommunist Europe: Illiberal Regimes and the Leverage of International Actors
September 2006
The European Union (EU) may be presiding over the most successful democracy promotion program ever implemented by an international actor.
Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico
September 2006
This book provides a theory of the logic of survival of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), one of the most resilient autocratic regimes in the twentieth century.
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
December 2003
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East provides a comprehensive assessment of the origins and staying power of Middle East autocracies, as well as a sober account of the struggles of state...
Elections and Democracy in Greater China
December 2001
The authoritarian Chinese regimes governing Taiwan, Mainland China, and Hong Kong allowed limited electoral competition during the last half century.
Revolving Gridlock: Politics And Policy from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush (Transforming American Politics)
July 2005
Despite the early prospects for bipartisan unity on terrorism initiatives, government gridlock continues on most major issues in the wake of the 2004 elections.
The Global Divergence of Democracies
December 2001
Drawn from outstanding articles published in the Journal of Democracy, The Global Divergence of Democracies follows the enthusiastically received earlier volume, The Global Resurgence of Democracy...
Consolidating Democracy in South Korea
February 2000
Since its inception in 1987, Korean democracy has been an arean of continual drama and baffling contradictions, periodic waves of societal mobilization and disenchantment; initial continuity in...
Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives, and the Resource Curse
December 2006
How can a non-democratic ruler provide proper incentives for state bureaucracy?
Chinese Dreams, Persian Realities
December 2005
he mid-2005 election of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as Iran's new president left those committed to democratic change in the country feeling shocked and disappointed.
Putin and the 'Delegative Democracy' Trap: Evidence from Russia's 2003-04 Elections
October 2004
Three experts on Russian elections analyze the surprising degree to which Russian voters supported their leaders, especially Putin, in the December 2003 Duma elections and the March 2004...
People
Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Hesham Sallam Research Scholar, CDDRL Associate Director and Research Associate, Program on Arab Reform and Democracy 
Lanhee J. Chen Affiliated Faculty David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies, Hoover Institution, Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer, Public Policy Program 
Nathaniel Persily Co-director, Cyber Policy Center, Senior Fellow Professor, Law, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science, Professor, by courtesy, Communication