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Didi Kuo

@didikuo1

Democracy, parties, capitalism etc. || Center Fellow @StanfordCDDRL

 Oakland, CA
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Joined September 2014
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Building on momentum from No Kings protests and last Tuesday's elections, how can American parties, civil society groups, and citizens build a pro-democracy coalition? Drawing on successful cases globally, I argue there are three steps -persuasion.community/p/ameri…
America Needs a Pro-Democracy Coalition Now

America Needs a Pro-Democracy Coalition Now

Here’s how to build it.

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Coordinating civil society and cross-party resistance efforts is key to securing election victories against democratic backsliding - but early coordination is critical. (We'll be working on these topics at @StanfordCDDRL's Democracy Action Lab)
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These recommendations draw on my work on parties arguing that 1) parties can be revitalized through local engagement; 2) parties are inherently factional - that's what makes them work, not what makes them weak; 3) parties will be crucial to building a new democratic future.
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Listen to my podcast conversation with @didikuo1 about The Good, the Bad, and the Future of Political Parties in the United States shar.es/agJ4bF
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Start your weekend with a new episode of #WorldClassPodcast! @didkuo1 joins @McFaul to discuss the important functions of political parties, why many people are frustrated with the party system we currently have, and what can be done to course correct. ow.ly/H48c50VhWpi
World Class

World Class

People are fed up with political parties, and that's a big problem for democracy, says Didi Kuo. She joins Michael McFaul to discuss why we need well-functioning parties, how we got the party system...

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First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson by Steve Levitsky and Ryan Enos thecrimson.com/article/2025/…
First They Came for Columbia

First They Came for Columbia

First They Came for Columbia

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The conclusion of this book argues that weak parties allow the private sector too much say in policymaking, but I certainly didn't anticipate the events of the past few weeks... Find an excerpt here: news.stanford.edu/stories/20…
In her new book, Didi Kuo argues political parties no longer exist to represent their constituents

In her new book, Didi Kuo argues political parties no longer exist to represent their constituents

Kuo, a fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, says this evolution lays the groundwork for serious imbalances in who democracy serves.

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@FSIStanford3 Feb 2025
THE GREAT RETREAT by @didikuo1 of @StanfordCDDRL is out now! Read Kuo's case for why strengthening democracy includes creating more connections to political parties. 📚 Available from @OxUniPress: ow.ly/LiHx50URyoe
Cover of The Great Retreat: How Political Parties Should Behave and Why They Don't, by Didi Kuo.

ALT Cover of The Great Retreat: How Political Parties Should Behave and Why They Don't, by Didi Kuo.

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Starting the morning with caffeine and my new book - and a mix of excitement and trepidation! Grateful to @StanfordCDDRL and @NewAmerica, and generous colleagues who took time to blurb and offer feedback and support global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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The Great Retreat provides a defense of political parties, explores how they've weakened in the neoliberal era, and argues that parties are critically important to the relationship of democracy and capitalism.
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Some of the book's conclusions already seem, well, overtaken by events 🤷‍♀️ But I'm grateful to be part of the conversation about how we got here, where we're going, and what it might take to build stronger democracies.
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Thank you @milaatmos and @futur_hindsight for the insightful questions and engaging discussion of parties, democracy, and The Great Retreat global.oup.com/academic/prod…
Future Hindsight (@futur_hindsight) profile pictureFuture Hindsight@futur_hindsight9 Jan 2025
It’s not just the two-party system that’s broken. Political parties themselves seem broken. But… they just might be THE key to making democracy function? The gap between what Americans want and what we get in policy continues to grow. Let's explore why. 🧵(1/)
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Party Politics is Transactional Politics electionlawblog.org/?p=14731… @didikuo1 @leedrutman @daschloz

Party Politics is Transactional Politics #ELB

The theory of associational party building, which Didi Kuo and I have written about, started with my in-depth look at the work of Harry Reid in Nevada. It is perhaps not surprising then that of all...

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So proud of @AnnaGBusse for this prize, and for all the accolades her book, Sacred Foundations. is racking up: press.princeton.edu/books/ha… 1/
Sacred Foundations

Sacred Foundations

How the medieval church drove state formation in Europe

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Comparative Politics (@comppolsection) profile pictureComparative Politics@comppolsection18 Jun 2024
This year, the Comparative Politics section is pleased to award the Best Article Prize to Anna Grzymala-Busse (Stanford University) for, “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation,” American Political Science Review, 118(1), 88-107.
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Sacred Foundations is winner of the David Greenstone Prize from @APSAtweets's Politics and History Section, and winner of the Hubert Morken Best Book Award from the Religion and Politics Section 2/
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AND Honorable Mention for the Luebbert Book Prize in Comparative Politics and the Jervis-Schroeder Prize in International Politics and History! Congratulations to this phenomenal scholar and colleague for her innovative theory of religion and state building! @StanfordCDDRL
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Teles and @RobSaldin and @didikuo1 all draw lessons from the Progressive Era. Previously, @leedrutman argued that to fix our politics, we need Progressive optimism combined with realism about how people make decisions. niskanencenter.org/how-democ…
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@NiskanenCenter4 Jun 2024
There’s been a lot of discussion lately around what the “Abundance Agenda” means for policy: We want to focus on something different: how this movement can muster up political power. THREAD:
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A new series of essays from @didikuo1, @julia_azari, @JenWendling17, @LisaDisch1, @Rwillh11, and @oscarpocasangre explores the potential transformation of the U.S. political landscape through more diverse and representative political parties: newamerica.org/political-ref…
The Realistic Promise of Multiparty Democracy in the United States

The Realistic Promise of Multiparty Democracy in the United States

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