DEMOCRATIZATION SEMINAR, 1996-1997

(15 meetings)

October 10, 1996

Michael McFaul

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford

"Russia's 1996 Presidential Elections and the Prospects for Democratic Consolidation"

October 24, 1996

Michel Oksenberg

Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford

"Dilemmas of Democratization in China as Seen from the Grassroots Level"

November 11, 1996

John Tuman

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech University

Greg Greenway

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, Stanford

"Reconstructing State‑Labor Relations in Mexico: Implications for Democratization in the Era of Neoliberalism"

December 2, 1996

Wiktor 0siatynski

University Professor, Central European University

"Simultaneous Transition to Constitutionalism, Democracy, and Capitalism: The Polish Case"

January 16, 1997

Barry Weingast

Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford

Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

"The Political Foundations of Democracy and the Rule of Law"

January 23, 1997

Lourens M. Du Plessis

Professor of Public Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

"Drawing Up a Balance Sheet of Democratization in South Africa"

January 30, 1997

Susanne Jonas

Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz

"Dilemmas of Democratization: Reflections from the Guatemalan Peace Process"

February 13, 1997

Martina Klicperova

Research Associate, Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford

"The Psychology of Democratic Transition: The Case of the Czech Republic

February 25, 1997

Steven Fish

Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley

"The Determinants of Economic Reform in the Postcommunist World"

March 6, 1997

Manuel Hidalgo

Visiting Scholar, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford

"Democratization in the Process of Decay: The Venezuelan Experience"

April 3, 1997

Ghia Nodia

Chair of the Department of Political Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Tbilisi, Georgia Visiting Scholar, Program in Soviet and Post‑Soviet Studies, UC Berkeley "How Different are Postcommunist Transitions?"

April 17, 1997

Minxin Pei

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Princeton University

"The Rule of Law Under Authoritarianism: The Chinese Case"

May 1, 1997

Bill Barnes

"Does Democracy Need a "Center"? Political Polarization and Problems of Democratic Consolidation in Nicaragua and El Salvador"

May 15, 1997

Michel Oksenberg

Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford

Matt Bartels

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, Stanford

"China's Transition in the East Asian Model of Democracy"

May 29, 1997

Elisabeth Friedman

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, Stanford

"Unfinished Transitions: Women's Organizing in Latin American Democratization"