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Feature: The Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Service Workers

Daniel Schneider finds that state paid sick leave laws increased service workers’ access to paid sick leave and reduced the share of service workers who worked while sick.

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Feature: Connecting Absolute and Relative Intergenerational Mobility

Deirdre Bloome offers two frameworks for understanding the relationship between types of intergenerational mobility, or whether people are socioeconomically better off than their parents.

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Feature: Studying a Government Program to Support Women’s Self-Help Groups

Michael Walton explores the interactions between state and society in rural India within a major community-based development program, finding two major tensions.

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Feature: The Data-Informed City

Jorrit de Jong presents a comprehensive framework for how cities can use data to address problems more effectively, efficiently, equitably, and with better accountability.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Latin America and the Idea of International Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Latin America and the Idea of International Human Rights." Routledge Handbook of Latin America in the World. Ed. Jorge I. Dominguez and Ana Covarrubias. Routledge, 2015, 349-361.

Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Normative Innovations and Implementation Challenges

Ruggie, John Gerard, and Tamaryn Nelson. "Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Normative Innovations and Implementation Challenges." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-045, August 2015.

Do States Delegate Shameful Violence to Militias? Patterns of Sexual Violence in Recent Armed Conflicts

Cohen, Dara Kay and Ragnhild Nordås. "Do States Delegate Shameful Violence to Militias? Patterns of Sexual Violence in Recent Armed Conflicts." Journal of Conflict Resolution 59.5 (August 2015): 877-898.

The Great Divergence: The Death Penalty in the United States and the Failure of Abolition in Transatlantic Perspective

Temkin, Moshik. "The Great Divergence: The Death Penalty in the United States and the Failure of Abolition in Transatlantic Perspective." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-037, July 2015.

David Cameron is Abusing Magna Carta in Abolishing our Rights

Ignatieff, Michael. "David Cameron is Abusing Magna Carta in Abolishing our Rights." The Guardian, June 27, 2015.

Malcolm X in France, 1964-1965: Anti-Imperialism and Border Control in the Cold War Era

Temkin, Moshik. "Malcolm X in France, 1964-1965: Anti-Imperialism and Border Control in the Cold War Era." Decolonization and the Cold War: Negotiating Independence. Ed. Leslie James, and Elisabeth Leake. Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Nothing but the Truth:
Brazil's Truth Commission Looks Back

Sikkink, Kathryn, and Bridget Marchesi. "Nothing but the Truth: Brazil's Truth Commission Looks Back." Foreign Affairs. February 26, 2015.

Existential Insecurity and the Geography of Religiosity

Norris, Pippa. "Existential Insecurity and the Geography of Religiosity." The Changing World Religion Map. Ed. Stann Brunn. Springer, 2015.

Religion and Public Policy: Human Rights, Conflict and Ethics

Hehir, J. Bryan, Peterson, Rodney and Twiss, Barney, eds. Religion and Public Policy: Human Rights, Conflict and Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Ferguson, Human Rights, and America's Interests Abroad

Temkin, Moshik. "Ferguson, Human Rights, and America's Interests Abroad." Nation. October 9, 2014.

Latin American Countries as Norm Protagonists of the Idea of International Human Rights

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Latin American Countries as Norm Protagonists of the Idea of International Human Rights." Global Governance 20.3 (July-September 2014): 389-404.

Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age

Bhabha, Jacqueline. Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age. Princeton University Press, 2014.

Why Electoral Integrity Matters

Norris, Pippa. Why Electoral Integrity Matters, 1st. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Introducing the SVAC Dataset, 1989–2009

Cohen, Dara, and Ragnhild Nordås. "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Introducing the SVAC Dataset, 1989–2009." Journal of Peace Research 51.3 (May 2014): 418-428.

Taking up Space on Earth: Theorizing Territorial Rights, the Justification of States and Immigration from a Global Standpoint

Risse, Mathias. "Taking up Space on Earth: Theorizing Territorial Rights, the Justification of States and Immigration from a Global Standpoint." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-008, February 2014.

Thinking About Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Thinking About Justice." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-010, February 2014.

Human Rights Prosecutions and the Participation Rights of Victims in Latin America

Michel, Verónica, and Kathryn Sikkink. "Human Rights Prosecutions and the Participation Rights of Victims in Latin America." Law & Society Review 47.4 (December 2013): 873-907.

Will the Gender Violence Just Continue?

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Will the Gender Violence Just Continue?" Health and South Asia. Ed. Harvard South Asia Institute. Harvard South Asia Institute, 2013, 13-18.

The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effectiveness of Prosecutions of Human Rights Violations

Sikkink, Kathryn, and and Hun Joon Kim. "The Justice Cascade: The Origins and Effectiveness of Prosecutions of Human Rights Violations." Annual Review of Law and Social Science 9 (November 2013): 269-285.

Adolescents: Current Rights for Future Opportunities

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Adolescents: Current Rights for Future Opportunities." South-South Cooperation for Child Rights Working Paper 2, UNICEF ROSA and UNICEF EAPRO, September 2013.

A Modern Founding Father

Burns, Nicholas. "A Modern Founding Father." Boston Globe, August 28, 2013.

Information Effects and Human Rights Data: Is the Good News about Increased Human Rights Information Bad News for Human Rights Measures?

Clark, Ann Marie, and Kathryn Sikkink. "Information Effects and Human Rights Data: Is the Good News about Increased Human Rights Information Bad News for Human Rights Measures?" Human Rights Quarterly 35.3 (August 2013): 539-568.

Does the World Agree About Standards of Electoral Integrity? Evidence for the Diffusion of Global Norms

Norris, Pippa. "Does the World Agree About Standards of Electoral Integrity? Evidence for the Diffusion of Global Norms." Electoral Studies 34.4 (2013): 576-588.

Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence: Wartime Rape in the Sierra Leone Civil War

Cohen, Dara Kay. "Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence: Wartime Rape in the Sierra Leone Civil War." World Politics 65.3 (July 2013): 383-415.

Enforcing Girls' Access to Secondary Education: A Human Rights Imperative

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Enforcing Girls' Access to Secondary Education: A Human Rights Imperative." Huffington Post. July 1, 2013.

The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance

Risse, Thomas, Stephen C. Ropp, and Kathryn Sikkink, eds. The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance. Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights

Ruggie, John Gerard. Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights. W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.

Children and Migration and Human Rights

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Children and Migration and Human Rights." The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Ed. Immanuel Ness and Peter Bellwood. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward

Cohen, Dara Kay, Amelia Hoover Green, and Elisabeth Jean Wood. "Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward." United States Institute of Peace, February 2013.

Action on Guns and Immigration Needed

Kayyem, Juliette. "Action on Guns and Immigration Needed." Boston Globe, January 21, 2013.

The Real Plight of the Orphan-Hostages

Kayyem, Juliette. "The Real Plight of the Orphan-Hostages." Boston Globe, January 7, 2013.

Khadafy Son Should Be Tried by Libya

Kayyem, Juliette. "Khadafy Son Should Be Tried by Libya." The Boston Globe, October 15, 2012.

Tiananmen Square

Saich, Anthony. "Tiananmen Square." The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics. Ed. Joel Krieger. Oxford University Press, 2012, 442-443.

On Global Justice

Risse, Mathias. On Global Justice. Princeton University Press, 2012.

Turkey's Miscarriage of Justice

Rodrik, Dani. "Turkey's Miscarriage of Justice." Washington Post, September 21, 2012.

Response to William Cavanaugh, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jeffrey Haynes and David Martin

Toft, Monica Duffy. "Response to William Cavanaugh, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jeffrey Haynes and David Martin." Politics, Religion & Ideology 13.3 (September 2012): 403-407.

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: The Legal Context and Operational Implications

Ruggie, John Gerard. "The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: The Legal Context and Operational Implications." Business Law News 4 (2012).

The Moral Target: Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts

Kamm, Frances. The Moral Target: Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Global Political Philosophy

Risse, Mathias. Global Political Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times

Risse, Mathias. Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times, by Seyla Benhabib.122.4, July 2012: 790-797.

Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times

Risse, Mathias. Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times, by Seyla Benhabib. Ethics, 122.4, July 2012: 790-797.

Aung San Suu Kyi Signals Change in Burma, but Investors Should Proceed with Caution

Ruggie, John Gerard. "Aung San Suu Kyi Signals Change in Burma, but Investors Should Proceed with Caution." Christian Science Monitor, June 19, 2012.

From Black Revolution to 'Radical Humanism': Malcolm X Between Biography and International History

Temkin, Moshik. "From Black Revolution to 'Radical Humanism': Malcolm X Between Biography and International History." Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development 3.2 (Summer 2012): 267-288.

Two Challenges That College Graduates Will Inherit

Burns, Nicholas. "Two Challenges That College Graduates Will Inherit." Boston Globe, May 24, 2012.

A Crackdown Avoided

Kayyem, Juliette. "A Crackdown Avoided." Boston Globe, May 14, 2012.

Dueling Incentives: Sexual Violence in Liberia and the Politics of Human Rights Advocacy

Cohen, Dara Kay, and Amelia Hoover Green. "Dueling Incentives: Sexual Violence in Liberia and the Politics of Human Rights Advocacy." Journal of Peace Research 49.3 (May 2012): 445-458.

The Military’s Persistent Gender Divide

Kayyem, Juliette. "The Military’s Persistent Gender Divide." Boston Globe, April 23, 2012.

A Community of Abundance

Pritchett, Lant. "A Community of Abundance." Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 45.1 (Spring 2012): 153 - 158.

Justice, Accountability, and the WTO

Risse, Mathias. "Justice, Accountability, and the WTO." Leadership and Global Justice. Ed. Douglas Hicks and Thad Williamson. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Buying Sex? It Will Cost You

David, Ed, and Swanee Hunt. "Buying Sex? It Will Cost You." Boston Globe, February 21, 2012.