Visit the Center's complete research archive. Below you will find a selection of recent publications by WCFIA Affiliates:
Building Democracy in Japan
- by Haddad, Mary Alice
- How is democracy made real? How does an undemocratic country create new institutions and transform its polity such that democratic values and practices become integral parts of its political culture?...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: May 2012 More
The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life
- by Owen, E. Roger
- The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely—until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. The...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: May 2012 More
- Political Science, in His Marrow
- by Ziblatt, Daniel
- Publisher: Harvard Gazette
- Publication Type: In the News
- Daniel Ziblatt may have been born with political science in his DNA. Even if he wasn’t, his fate was sealed to enter the field during a year abroad and a memorable night with a glass of bubbly.
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- Published Date: April 2012 More
- Granting People Their Dignity
- by DelRosario, John S.; Hicks, Donna
- Publisher: Saipan Tribune
- Publication Type: Op-ed
- My work has brought me up close to leaders of all sorts. There's one thing they share: highly developed technical and intellectual capacities, most of whom are educated in colleges and universities...
- Published Date: April 2012 More
Re-Thinking Dionysius the Areopagite
- by Stang, Charles
- Dionysius the Areopagite, the early sixth-century Christian writer, bridged Christianity and neo-Platonist philosophy. Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume surveys how...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: April 2009 More
- Why Nations Fail
- by Friedman, Thomas L.; Robinson, James A.; Acemoglu, Daron
- Publisher: New York Times
- Publication Type: Op-ed
- I’m reading a fascinating new book called Why Nations Fail. The more you read it, the more you appreciate what a fool’s errand we’re on in Afghanistan and how much we need to totally revamp...
- Published Date: March 2012 More