FSI Research - Governance

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Governance

Addressing issues of democracy, dictatorship, corruption and poverty, our scholars and practitioners produce expert research and train civil society activists around the world.

Research Spotlight

Global Populisms and Their Challenges

A white paper by the Stanford Global Populisms Project finds that established mainstream political parties are the key enablers of populist challenges—and the key solution.

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Protecting Electoral Integrity In the Digital Age

Today, free and fair elections, the primary expression of democratic will for collective government, are far from guaranteed in many countries around the world. Protecting them will require a new set of policies and actions from technological platforms, governments, and citizens.

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30 Years of World Politics: What Has Changed?

Francis Fukuyama argues that sustaining democracy will require rebuilding the legitimate authority of the institutions of liberal democracy, while resisting those powers that aspire to make nondemocratic institutions central.

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Featured Scholars

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Larry Diamond

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and Sociology

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Anna Grzymala-Busse

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Director of The Europe Center

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Didi Kuo

Senior Research Scholar

Associate Director for Research at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law

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Stephen Stedman

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Deputy Director at the Center on Democracy Development and the Rule of Law

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Upcoming Events

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Publications

Working Papers

A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Global Standards; Global Growth?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Rule of Law? Whose Law?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Sources of Rationalized Governance: Cross-National Longitudinal Analyses, 1985-2002

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Human Rights and Citizenship: The Emergence of Human Rights Education

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Institutions and Impersonal Exchange: The European Experience

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Identity, Social Distance, and Palestinian Support for the Roadmap

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Working Papers

Post-Communist Paradox: How the Rise of Parliamentarism Coincided with the Demise of Pluralism in Moldova

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Policy Briefs

A New Currency: Climate Change and Carbon Credits

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Harvard International Review, 2004

Newsletters

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, summer 2004

CHP/PCOR, 2004

Journal Articles

Russian Democracy in Eclipse: What the Elections Tell Us

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Journal of Democracy, 2004

Journal Articles

Psychology of Appeasement, The

Hoover Digest, 2004

Books

Future of America's Alliances in Northeast Asia, The

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Shorenstein APARC, 2004

Books

Effects of September 11: A Rift Between Europe and America

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ABC-CLIO in "Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia", 2004

Journal Articles

Separatist Wars, Partition, and World Order

Security Studies, 2004

Working Papers

U.S. Nuclear Posture

Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, 2004

Journal Articles

Success and Failure of Reform: Insights from the Transition of Agriculture

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Journal of Economic Literature, 2004

Journal Articles

Systematic Review: Surveillance Systems for Early Detection of Bioterrorism-Related Diseases

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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004

Books

The Rule of Law and Judicial Reform: The Political Economy of Diverse Institutional Patterns and Reformers' Responses

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Working Papers

Regionalization of bioterrorism preparedness and response

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Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2004

Journal Articles

Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer Than Others?

Journal of Peace Research, 2004

Books

The “Makhzan” in Moroccan Political Culture

Wijhat Nadar, 2004

Journal Articles

Stronger Measures Needed to Prevent Proliferation

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Issues in Science and Technology, 2004

Journal Articles

Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States

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International Security, 2004

Journal Articles

Nuclear Dangers in South Asia

Forum on Physics & Society, 2004