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Liberalism and Its Discontents
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order.
Engaging, Empowering, and Enabling Youth to Lead Social Action in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
January 2020
This study is the result of over four years of active collaboration between the Poverty, Violence and Governance Lab (PovGov) and the Rio-based NGO Agency for Youth Networks (hereafter, Agency)....
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...
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....
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....
Understanding the Quality of Government in China: The Cadre Administration Hypothesis
April 2013
China’s remarkable development poses a problem for theories that have stressed the importance of institutions producing “good governance” and minimizing corruption.
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
April 2011
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that...
Democratic Governance and the Performance of Democracy
November 2009
The battle for accountability and good governance-and thus sustainable democracy and development-will not be won by foreign actors or pressures.
Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies
August 2009
European and American experts systematically compare U.S.
Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies (Governance and Limited Statehood)
August 2009
European and American experts systematically compare U.S.
The Impact of Administrative Power on Political and Economic Developments: Toward a Political Economy of Implementation
December 2008
Why did limited government and 'constitutionalism' (the rule of law, constitutional rules, and political representation) evolve in some societies but not others?
International Actors, Democratization, and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy?
July 2008
Do external factors facilitate or hamper domestic democratic development?
Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan
June 2008
How might China become a democracy? And what lessons, if any, might Taiwan's experience of democratization hold for China's future?
Administrative Foundations of Self-Enforcing Constitutions, The
May 2008
Current theories of the rule of law argue that public officials respect rights if the citizens are coordinated on an equilibrium in which they collectively resist abuse.
Evaluating EU Democratic Rule of Law Promotion
December 2006
The modern Romanian judiciary originates in the middle of the nineteenth century.
EU Democratic Rule of Law Promotion: The Case of Serbia
December 2006
In the former (second) Yugoslavia (1945-1991) which was a federal state, according to the constitutional provision on the federal character of the state, judicial system was organized on the level...
EU Conditionality and Democratic Rule of Law in Turkey
December 2006
In this report we examine the role of internal and external factors in advancing or preventing "democratic rule of law" reforms in Turkey over the last decade.
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.
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...
Assessing the Quality of Democracy
December 2005
The latest volume in this popular series focuses on the best ways to evaluate and improve the quality of new democratic regimes.
Beyond Incrementalism: A New U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Iran
May 2005
In the coming years, few if any countries will more preoccupy the foreign policy attention of the United States than Iran.
Beyond Common Knowledge: Empirical Approaches to the Rule of Law
April 2005
An intensive global search is on for the "rule of law," the holy grail of good governance, which has led to a dramatic increase in judicial reform activities in developing countries.
EU Rule of Law Promotion in Romania, Turkey and Serbia-Montenegro: Domestic Elites and Responsiveness to Differentiated External Influence
October 2004
The enlargement of the EU to Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) candidates, Turkish candidacy and the Stabilization and Association Process in the Balkans, provides researchers with...
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Michael A. McFaul Director, Senior Fellow Professor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 
Lanhee J. Chen Affiliate, CDDRL David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies, Hoover Institution, Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer, Public Policy Program 
Francis Fukuyama Senior Fellow Director, Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy, Professor, by courtesy, Political Science 