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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

The deepest foundation of our democratic crisis

Mansbridge, Jane. "The deepest foundation of our democratic crisis." International Political Science Review (December 21, 2023).

Representing and Being Represented in Turn’ - A Symposium on Hélène Landemore’s Open Democracy

Mansbridge, Jane, Joshua Cohen, Daniela Cammack, Peter Stone, Christopher H. Achen, Ethan J. Leib, and Hélène Landemore. "Representing and Being Represented in Turn’ - A Symposium on Hélène Landemore’s "Open Democracy"." Journal of Deliberative Democracy 18.1 (2022).

Democracia: Amistad y pugna

Mansbridge, Jane. Democracia: Amistad y pugna. GEDISA, 2021.

Une approche systémique de la démocratie délibérative

Mansbridge, Jane, James Bohman, Simone Chambers, Thomas Christiano, Archon Fung, John Parkinson, Dennis F. Thompson, and Mark E. Warren. "Une approche systémique de la démocratie délibérative." Le tournant délibératif de la démocratie. Ed. Loïc Blondiaux and Bernard Manin. Presses de Sciences Po, April 2021, 25-66.

Representation Failure

Mansbridge, Jane. "Representation Failure." Democratic Failure, NOMOS LXIII. Ed. Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehoff. New York University Press, 2020, 101-140.

Deliberative Polling Comes of Age

Mansbridge, Jane. "Deliberative Polling Comes of Age." The Good Society 27.1-2 (December 2019): 118-129.

Representation, Legitimacy, and Innovation

Mansbridge, Jane. "Representation, Legitimacy, and Innovation." Journal of Chinese Governance 4.4 (October 2019): 299-322.

Populism and Democratic Theory

Mansbridge, Jane, and Stephen Macedo. "Populism and Democratic Theory." Annual Review of Law and Social Science 15 (October 2019): 59-77.

Recursive Representation

Mansbridge, Jane. "Recursive Representation." Creating Political Presence: The New Politics of Democratic Representation. Ed. Dario Castiglione and Johannes Pollak. University of Chicago Press, 2019.

The Crisis of Democracy and the Science of Deliberation

Dryzek, John S., André Bächtiger, Simone Chambers, Joshua Cohen, James N. Druckman, Andrea Felicetti, James S. Fishkin, et al. "The Crisis of Democracy and the Science of Deliberation." Science 363.6432 (March 2019): 1144-1146.

Benjamin Barber and the Practice of Political Theory

Battistoni, Richard, Mark B. Brown, John Dedrick, Lisa Disch, Jennet Kirkpatrick, and Jane Mansbridge. "Benjamin Barber and the Practice of Political Theory." Contemporary Political Theory 17.4 (November 2018): 478-510.

The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy

Bachtiger, Andre, John S. Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge, and Mark E. Warren, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press, 2018.

Introduction

Bachtiger, Andre, John S. Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge, and Mark E. Warren. "Introduction." The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press, 2018.

Jane Mansbridge: Participation, Deliberation, Legitimate Coercion

Mansbridge, Jane (Ed. Melissa S. Williams). Jane Mansbridge: Participation, Deliberation, Legitimate Coercion. Routledge, 2018.

Recursive Representation

Mansbridge, Jane. "Recursive Representation." Creating Political Presence: The New Politics of Democratic Representation. Ed. Dario Castiglione and Johannes Pollak. University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Recursive Representation in the Representative System

Mansbridge, Jane. "Recursive Representation in the Representative System." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-045, September 2017.

The Long Life of Nancy Fraser’s “Rethinking the Public Sphere”

Mansbridge, Jane. "The Long Life of Nancy Fraser’s “Rethinking the Public Sphere”." Feminism, Capitalism, and Critique. Ed. Banu Bargu and Chiara Bottici. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 101-118.

The Polarization Crisis in the US and the Future of Listening

Mansbridge, Jane, and Audrey Latura. "The Polarization Crisis in the US and the Future of Listening." Strong Democracy in Crisis: Promise or Peril? Ed. Trevor Norris. Lexington Books, 2017.

A ‘Selection Model’ for Political Representation

Mansbridge, Jane. "A ‘Selection Model’ for Political Representation." Political Representation: Roles, Representatives and the Represented. Ed. M. Bühlmann and J. Fivaz. Routledge, 2016, 12-28.

Resisting Resistance

Mansbridge, Jane. "Resisting Resistance." Transformations of Democracy: Crisis, Protest and Legitimation. Ed. Robin Celikates, Regina Kreide, and Tilo Wesche. Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015, 147-158.

The New Civic Politics: Civic Theory and Practice for the Future

Boyte, Harry, Stephen Elkin, Peter Levine, Jane Mansbridge, Elinor Ostrom, Karol Soltan, and Rogers Smith. "The New Civic Politics: Civic Theory and Practice for the Future." Good Society Journal 23.2 (November 2014): 206-211.

A Contingency Theory of Accountability

Mansbridge, Jane. "A Contingency Theory of Accountability." The Oxford Handbook Public Accountability. Ed. Mark Bovens, Robert E. Goodin, and Thomas Schillemans. Oxford University Press, 2014.

The Equal Rights Amendment

Mansbridge, Jane. "The Equal Rights Amendment." The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Ed. David A. Snow, Donatella Della Porta, Bert Klandermans and Doug McAdam. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Everyday Activism

Mansbridge, Jane. "Everyday Activism." The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Ed. David A. Snow, Donatella Della Porta, Bert Klandermans and Doug McAdam. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale

Parkinson, John, and Jane Mansbridge, eds. Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

A Systemic Approach to Deliberative Democracy

Fung, Archon, Jane Mansbridge, and Dennis F. Thompson. "A Systemic Approach to Deliberative Democracy." Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale. Ed. Parkinson, John, and Jane Mansbridge. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Saving the Nonviolent Revolution in Syria: For a Credible Strategy

Jalal al-Azm, Sadek et al, Jane Mansbridge, and Chibli Mallat. "Saving the Nonviolent Revolution in Syria: For a Credible Strategy." Ahramonline (Egypt), February 26, 2012.

Clarifying the Concept of Representation

Mansbridge, Jane. "Clarifying the Concept of Representation." American Political Science Review 105.3 (August 2011): 621-630.

A 'Selection Model' of Political Representation

Mansbridge, Jane. "A 'Selection Model' of Political Representation." Journal of Political Philosophy 17.4 (December 2009): 369-398.