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

Let the Public Govern AI

By using the tools of deliberative democracy, Alice Siu says everyday users, not just industry moguls, can and should contribute meaningfully to important decisions about technology governance.

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Fabricated Justice: How Due Process Reform Enables Evidence Manipulation

Using evidence from Mexico, Beatriz Magaloni and Esteban Salmón examine when and how abusive criminal justice practices persist under democracy, even after significant institutional reform.

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Political Parties Are Essential Democratic Institutions

Didi Kuo explains why — despite their shortcomings — strong political parties with roots in society are essential to long-term democratic stability and economic growth.

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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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Publications

Working Papers

China's Rural Public Finance: The Village Perspective - Annex 8

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Report to the World Bank, Fiscal Reform and the Role of the Township, 2006

Journal Articles

Playing for the Long Haul in Iran: A Dual Track Strategy for Arms Control and Democratization

Brown Journal of International Affairs, 2006

Books

From Crisis to Opportunity

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2006

Journal Articles

Iraq and Democracy: The Lessons Learned

Current History, 2006

Books

North Korea: 2005 and Beyond

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2006

Journal Articles

Russian Resilience as a Great Power

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Post-Soviet Affairs, 2006

Journal Articles

Anti-Terrorist Finance in the United Kingdom and the United States

Michigan Journal of International Law, 2006

Books

Understanding the Resource Curse

Open Society Institute, in "Covering Oil: A Guide to Energy and Development", 2005

Working Papers

Putin as a State-Builder

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Working Papers

Policy Coherence and Incoherence: The Domestic Politics of American Democracy Promotion

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Working Papers

From Democracy to Democratization and Back: Before Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Books

Assessing the Quality of Democracy

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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

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Countries at the Crossroads 2005: A Survey of Democratic Governance

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005

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U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: CCPR Commentary

Kehl [Germany]; Arlington, Va, U.S.A.: N.P. Engel, 2005

Working Papers

Democracy, History, and Migrant Labor in South Korea: Korean Chinese, North Koreans, and Guest Workers

Shorenstein APARC, 2005

Working Papers

What Causes Democracy?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Journal Articles

Presidential Report to the Congress: Net Benefit Analysis of US/Soviet Arms Control

Science and Global Security, 2005

Journal Articles

Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2005

Journal Articles

Children’s Social Welfare in China, 1989–1997: Access to Health Insurance and Education

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Access to Health Insurance and Education, 2005

Working Papers

American Efforts at Promoting Regime Change in the Soviet Union and then Russia: Lessons Learned

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Working Papers

Main Institution in the Country is Corruption, The: Creating Transparency in Angola

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Working Papers

Law, Just War, and the International Fight Against Terrorism: Is it War?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Journal Articles

Global Democracy?

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NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, 2005

Books

Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq

Times Books, 2005

Journal Articles

Degradation of Biological Weapons Agents in the Environment: Implications for Terrorism Response

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Environmental Science and Technology, 2005