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2023

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Political Science

D-Index
67
Citations
36370
World Ranking
67
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Larry Diamond is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in Social Sciences, with a primary focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and Communication. Their research extensively covers topics such as Populism and Right-Wing Movements, Political Conflict and Governance, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Religion and Society Interactions, Social Media and Politics, Social and Cultural Dynamics, and Turkey's Politics and Society.

Among recent publications by Larry Diamond are:

  • "Democratic regression in comparative perspective: scope, methods, and causes" (2020) published in Democratization
  • "Breaking Out of the Democratic Slump" (2020) published in Journal of democracy
  • "Democracy's Arc: From Resurgent to Imperiled" (2022) published in Journal of democracy

Frequent co-authors working alongside Larry Diamond include:

  • Richard H. Pildes
  • Edward B. Foley
  • James S. Fishkin
  • Alice Siu
  • Norman M. Bradburn

The scientist's most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of democracy
  • Democratization
  • American Political Science Review
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Larry Diamond has also contributed to book publications, including titles such as "New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan" (2020) published by Stanford University Press eBooks, and "Electoral Reform in the United States" (2024) published by Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Best Publications

  • Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • Thinking About Hybrid Regimes

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America

    Abraham F. Lowenthal;Larry Diamond;Juan J. Linz;Seymour Martin Lipset

  • Democracy in Developing Countries

    Larry Jay Diamond;Juan J. Linz;Seymour Martin Lipset

  • The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • Facing Up to the Democratic Recession

    Larry Diamond

  • Toward Democratic Consolidation

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • The Self Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies

    Andreas Schedler;Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Economic Development and Democracy Reconsidered

    Larry Diamond

  • Assessing the quality of democracy

    Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

  • The Quality of Democracy. An Overview

    Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

  • Species of Political Parties: A New Typology

    Richard Gunther;Larry Diamond

  • Liberation technology 1

    Larry Diamond

  • Is the Third Wave Over

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • Politics in Developing Countries

    Larry Diamond;Juan Linz;Seymour Martin Lipset

  • Democratic Rollback: The Resurgence of the Predatory State

    Larry Diamond

  • Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies

    Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Yun-han Chu;Hung-mao Tien

  • Political parties and democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Richard Gunther

  • The Global Resurgence of Democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • Democratic regression in comparative perspective: scope, methods, and causes

    Larry Diamond

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

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • Political culture and democracy in developing countries

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • Three Paradoxes of Democracy

    Larry Jay Diamond

  • Why Are There No Arab Democracies

    Larry Diamond

  • The Quality of Democracy

    Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

  • Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria: The Rise and fall of the Second Republic

    Larry Diamond

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc F. Plattner
Marc F. Plattner National Endowment for Democracy
Yun-han Chu
Yun-han Chu National Taiwan University
Andrew J. Nathan
Andrew J. Nathan Columbia University
Juan J. Linz
Juan J. Linz Yale University
Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset George Mason University
Michael McFaul
Michael McFaul Stanford University
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama Stanford University
Gary Marks
Gary Marks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leonardo Morlino
Leonardo Morlino Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies
Richard Gunther
Richard Gunther The Ohio State University

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