STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law

The Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law (CDDRL) focuses on developing and transitional countries.  Through research and training, CDDRL aims to assist democratization in these transitional countries.  With collaboration from affiliated schools, CDDRL tries “to produce states and societies that are freer, richer, more law-abiding, and more transparent.”

In addition to seeking “innovative and practical research” for developing democracies, CDDRL offers “specialized teaching, training, and outreach activities to assist countries struggling with problems of political, economic, and judicial reform, constitutional design, economic performance, and corruption to improve their prospects for success.”

The CDDRL is at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.


For more information on CDDRL, please click here.

Comparative Democratization Project

Sponsored by the Institute for International Studies of Stanford University, the Comparative Democratization Project is a comparative response to the third wave of democratization following 1974.  “This project attempts to overcome the traditional division between academic disciplines and area studies to understand these rapid global transformations.” 

The program analyzes the different actors and policies involved in a countries transition to democracy in an attempt to form executable theories for use in comparative study “that can apply both within and across different regions.” 

The lead faculty of the Comparative Democratization Project includes Larry Diamond, Terry Karl, Donald Emmerson, Michael McFaul, and Gail Lapidus.


For more information on CDDRL, please click here.