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
Norris, Pippa, and Max Grömping. "Populist Threats to Electoral Integrity: The Year in Elections 2016-2017." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-018, May 2017.
Rogers, Todd, Donald P. Green, John Ternovski, and Carolina Ferrerosa Young. "Social Pressure and Voting: A Field Experiment Conducted in a High-Salience Election." Electoral Studies 46 (April 2017): 87-100.
Brodsky, Lauren. "Informed Diplomacy: What Trump Can Learn From JFK." WBUR Cognoscenti, April 28, 2017.
Norris, Pippa. Why American Elections Are Flawed (and How to Fix Them), 1. Cornell University Press, 2017.
Norris, Pippa. "Is Western Democracy Backsliding? Diagnosing the Risks." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-012, March 2017.
Burns, Nicholas. "Trump’s Cuts Would Cripple the Country’s Diplomats When We Need Them Most." Washington Post, March 4, 2017.
Norris, Pippa. "A discussion of Alexander Cooley and Jack Snyder's Ranking the World." Perspectives on Politics 15.1 (March 2017): 165.
Power, Samantha. "My Friend, the Russian Ambassador." New York Times. February 25, 2017.
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.
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.
Mayne, Quinton, and Armen Hakhverdian. "Political Trust, Education, and Socialization." Handbook on Political Trust. Ed. Sonja Zmerli and Tom van der Meer. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, 176-196.
Norris, Pippa. "The Conceptual Framework of Political Support." Handbook on Political Trust. Ed. Sonja Zmerli and Tom van der Meer. Edward Elgar, 2017.
Norris, Pippa. "Electoral Transitions: Stumbling out of the Gate." Democratization in the 21st Century: Reviving Transitology. Ed. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and Timothy D. Sisk.. Routledge, 2017, 49-74.
Norris, Pippa. "Electoral Integrity and Electoral Systems." Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems. Ed. Erik S. Herron, Robert J. Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Norris, Pippa. "Electoral Integrity." The Routledge Handbook of Elections, Voting Behavior and Public Opinion. Ed. Justin Fisher, Edward Fieldhouse, Mark N. Franklin, Rachel Gibson, Marta Cantijoch, Christopher Wlezien.. Routledge, 2017.
Fung, Archon. "Our Desperate Need to Save US Democracy from Ourselves." The Hill, December 7, 2016.
Mainwaring, Scott. "Party System Institutionalization, Party Collapse, and Party Building." Government and Opposition 51 No. 4 (2016): 691-716.
Grindle, Merilee S. "Democracy and Clientelism: How Uneasy a Relationship?" Review of Clientelism, Social Policy and the Quality of Democracy Clientelism in Everyday Latin American Politics; Mobilizing Poor Voters: Machine Politics, Clientelism & Social Networks in Argentina, by Diego Abente Brun, Larry Diamond, Tina Hilgers, Mariela Szwarcberg. Latin American Research Review, 51.3, 2016: 241-249.
Norris, Pippa, Miguel Angel Lara Otaola, Ferran Martinez I Coma. "El Marathon Electoral de America." Foreign Affairs Latin America 16.4 (November 2016): 77-86.
Hehir, J. Bryan. "Roman Catholicism and Democracy: The Post-Conciliar Era." Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine. Ed. Democopoulos, George, and Aristotle Papanikalaou. Fordham University Press, November 2016.
Norris, Pippa. "Why American Elections Are Flawed (and How to Fix Them)." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-038, September 2016.
Saich, Anthony. State-Society Relations in the People’s Republic of China Post-1949. Brill Press, 2016.
Mayne, Quinton, and Brigitte Geissel. "Putting the demos back into the concept of democratic quality." International Political Science Review (2016).
Norris, Pippa, and Andrea Abel van Es, eds. Checkbook Elections: Political Finance in Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Thompson, Dennis F. "Democratic Trusteeship." Institutions for Future Generations. Ed. González-Ricoy, Iñigo, and Axel Gosseries. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Gonzalez, Yanilda. "Varieties of Participatory Security: Assessing Community Participation in Policing in Latin America." Public Administration and Development 36.2 (May 2016): 132-143.
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.
Norris, Pippa, Ferran Marinez i Coma, Alessandro Nai, and Max Groemping. "The Year in Elections, 2015." Electoral Integrity Project, March 2016.
Rodrik, Dani. "Is Liberal Democracy Feasible in Developing Countries?" Studies in Comparative International Development 51.1 (March 2016): 50-59.
Fagan, Mark. "How Money Talks." USA Today Magazine. November 2015.
Saich, Anthony. "China's Domestic Governing Capacity: Prospects and Challenges." Assessing China's Power. Ed. Jae Ho, Chung. Palgrave Macmillan, October 2015, 41-61.
Esterling, Kevin M., Archon Fung, and Taeku Lee. "How Much Disagreement is Good for Democratic Deliberation?" Political Communication 32.4 (October 2015): 529-551.
Zang, Jinyan, Krysta Dummit, James Graves, Paul Lisker, and Latanya Sweeney. "Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps." Technology Science (October 2015).
Sweeney, Latanya, Mercè Crosas, and Michael Bar-Sinai. "Sharing Sensitive Data with Confidence: The Datatags System." Technology Science (October 2015).
Mukand, Sharun, and Dani Rodrik. "The Political Economy of Liberal Democracy." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-052, September 2015.
Sweeney, Latanya and Ji Su Yoo. "De-Anonymizing South Korean Resident Registration Numbers Shared in Prescription Data." Technology Science (September 2015).
Sen, Maya, and William Spaniel. "How Uncertainty about Judicial Nominees Can Distort the Confirmation Process." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-050, August 2015.
Carey, John M., Tarek Masoud, and Andrew Reynolds. "Institutions as Causes and Effects: North African Electoral Systems During the Arab Spring." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-042, August 2015.
Norris, Pippa, and Holly Ann Garnett. "Voter Suppression or Voter Fraud in the 2014 US Elections?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-040, July 2015.
Fung, Archon. "Putting the Public Back into Governance: The Challenges of Citizen Participation and Its Future." Public Administration Review 75.4 (July/August 2015): 513–522.
Fung, Archon, Hollie Russon Gilman, and Jennifer Shkabatur. "Technology for Democracy in Development: Lessons from Seven Case Studies." Deliberation and Development : Rethinking the Role of Voice and Collective Action in Unequal Societies. Ed. Patrick Heller and Vijayendra Rao. World Bank Group, 2015, 229-236.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Cass R. Sunstein. "A Theory of Civil Disobedience." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-036, July 2015.
Fung, Archon, and Jennifer Shkabatur. "Viral Engagement: Fast, Cheap, and Broad, but Good for Democracy?" From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age. Ed. Danielle Allen and Jennifer S. Light. University of Chicago Press, 2015, 155-177.
Logevall, Fredrik. "The Quiet American." The Familiar Made Strange: American Icons and Artifacts after the Transnational Turn. Ed. Brooke L. Blower and Mark Philip Bradley. Cornell University Press, 2015.
Rodrik, Dani. "The Future of European Democracy." After the Storm: How to Save Democracy in Europe. Ed. Luuk van Middelaar and Philippe Van Parijs. Lannoo, 2015, 53-66.
Mainwaring, Scott. "“The Left and the Mobilization of Class Voting in Latin America.” In Ryan Carlin, Matthew Singer, and Elizabeth Zechmeister, eds., The Latin American Voter: Pursuing Representation and Accountability in Challenging Contexts,pp. 69-98. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2015 ( With Mariano Torcal and Nicolás Somma.
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.
Parker, Richard. "Greece on the Razor's Edge." The American Prospect. April 22, 2015.
Sen, Maya. "How Ratifying Treaty Rights Could Affect Norms, Laws, and Constitutional Language." Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 171.1 (March 2015): 112-117.
Sen, Maya. "How Ratifying Treaty Rights Could Affect Norms, Laws, and Constitutional Language." Journal of International and Theoretical Economics 171.1 (March 2015): 112-117.