CDDRL WORKING PAPERS Number 70 September 2006 Tracking Civil Liberty in Latin American and (Post-)Communist Countries Svend-Erik Skaaning Center on Democracy, Development, and The Rule of Law Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies This working paper was produced as part of CDDRL’s ongoing programming on economic and political development in transitional states. Additional working papers appear on CDDRL’s website: http://cddrl.stanford.edu .