DPI 403 Democratic Governance Rubenstein 20 HKS 1 10 2 30pm Guest speakers Fall 2009 I am delighted to announce that the following distinguished visiting speakers have been added to the schedule for DPI 403 The topics which were originally listed will be merged into other classes Biographical details are given below Class Date Topic Due dates i Part I Advocacy Democratic governance for development 1 Wed 2 Sept Introduction Roadmap and democratic governance for development 2 Wed 9 Sept The role of the UN regional organizations and bilateral donors 3 Mon 14 Sept Impact upon economic growth and social welfare 4 Wed 16 Sept Impact upon peace conflict and terrorism Part II Analytics Diagnostics benchmarks and indicators 5 Mon 21 Sept Overview Alternative concepts of democratic governance 6 Wed 23 Sept Introduction to using the QoG and shared class datasets 7 Mon 28 Sept Measuring democracy Freedom House and Polity IV 8 Wed 30 Sept Guest Lecture Thomas Carothers Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Democracy Promotion 9 Mon 5 Oct Utilizing the shared CS TS class datasets Applied Lab session 1 10 Wed 7 Oct Survey indicators and democratic audits WVS 11 Wed 14 Oct Measuring good governance Kaufmann Kraay 12 Mon19 Oct Utilizing the shared CS TS class datasets Applied Lab session 2 Part III Options reform strategies and agencies 13 Wed 21 Oct Constitution building in peace building processes International IDEA 14 Mon 26 Oct Elections ACE Internnational IDEA 15 Wed 28 Oct Guest Lecture Larry Diamond democratic governance 16 Mon 2 Nov Strengthening representation parliaments parties and women s empowerment the Inter parliamentary Union 17 Wed 4 Nov Building the capable state public administration reform local governance and anti corruption Transparency International 18 Mon 9 Nov Civil society social capital and the news media Committee to Protect Journalists and the Open Society Institute 19 Mon 16 Nov Human rights justice and rule of law Amnesty International 1 Strategies and options for strengthening 2 Part IV Implementation Applied case studies 20 Wed 18 Nov Identifying your client s strategic priorities and capacities 21 Mon 23 Nov Guest Lecture Ingrid Wetterqvist and Massimo Tommasoli International IDEA European approaches to Democracy Promotion 22 Wed 25 Nov Class workgroup presentations Conclusions 23 Mon 30 Nov Conclusion wrap up 3 Thomas Carothers Wed 30th Sept 2009 VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDIES Contact Information 202 939 2260 202 483 4462 fax tcarothers ceip org http www carnegieendowment org Thomas Carothers is the vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace In this capacity he oversees the Democracy and Rule of Law Program Middle East Program and Carnegie Europe Carothers is a leading authority on democracy promotion and democratization worldwide as well as an expert on U S foreign policy generally He is the founder and director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Program which analyzes the state of democracy in the world and the efforts by the United States and other countries to promote democracy In addition he has broad experience in matters dealing with human rights international law foreign aid rule of law and civil society development He is the author or editor of eight critically acclaimed books on democracy promotion as well as many articles in prominent journals and newspapers He has been a visiting faculty member at Oxford University Central European University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Prior to joining the Endowment Carothers practiced international and financial law at Arnold Porter and served as an attorney adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U S Department of State Selected Publications Confronting the Weakest Link Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies Carnegie 2006 Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad In Search of Knowledge Carnegie 2006 Uncharted Journey Promoting Democracy in the Middle East co edited with Marina Ottaway Carnegie 2005 Critical Mission Essays on Democracy Promotion Carnegie 2004 Funding Virtue Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion co edited with Marina Ottaway Carnegie 2000 Aiding Democracy Abroad The Learning Curve Carnegie 1999 Assessing Democracy Assistance The Case of Romania Carnegie 1996 Areas of Expertise Carothers is an expert in democracy promotion political reform civil society rule of law reform international law foreign and humanitarian aid human rights nongovernmental actors Latin America Balkans Eastern Europe the Middle East and Russia and Eurasia Larry Diamond Wed 28th Oct 2009 Senior Fellow Hoover Institutions Stanford University Expertise Democracy in Asia Africa and Latin America U S foreign policy affecting democracy abroad http www stanford edu ldiamond diamond hoover stanford edu Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy and codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy He has also advised the U S Agency for International Development whose 2002 report Foreign Aid in the National Interest he coauthored the World Bank the United Nations the State Department and other governmental and nongovernmental organizations His book The Spirit of Democracy The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World Times Books 2008 explores the sources of global democratic progress and stress and the future prospects of democracy Diamond is professor by courtesy of political science and sociology at Stanford University where he teaches courses on democratic development and coordinates the democracy program of the Center on Democracy Development and the Rule of Law In 2007 he was named Teacher of the Year by the Associated Students of Stanford University for teaching that transcends political and ideological barriers That year he also received Stanford s Dinkelspiel Award for his inspired teaching and commitment to undergraduate education and for the example he sets as a scholar and public intellectual During the first three months of 2004 Diamond served as a senior adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad Since then he has lectured and written on U S policy in Iraq and the wider challenges of postconflict reconstruction He has also participated in policy working groups on Iraq and the Middle East and with Abbas Milani and Michael McFaul he coordinates Hoover s Iran Democracy Project Selected publications Among his