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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

A Seat at the Table: How to Elect Women to Iraq's New Government.

Norris, Pippa. "A Seat at the Table: How to Elect Women to Iraq's New Government." Compass: A Journal of Leadership Spring 2004: 6-8.

Where Did All the Voters Go?

Patterson, Thomas E. "Where Did All the Voters Go?" Phi Kappa Phi Forum 84.1 (Winter 2004): 11-15.

Still Life

Power, Samantha. "Still Life." Rwanda: After. Ed. Michal Ronnen Safdie. Carr Foundation, 2004.

Edwards, Lieberman Sinking Fast.

Kamarck, Elaine. "Edwards, Lieberman Sinking Fast." Newsday, December 12, 2003.

Slams on Dean Make Him Stronger.

Kamarck, Elaine. Slams on Dean Make Him Stronger." Newsday, November 24, 2003.

Who Says Candidates Need Experts.

Kamarck, Elaine. "Who Says Candidates Need Experts." Newsday, October 23, 2003.

Three Candidates Need the Hook.

Kamarck, Elaine. "Three Candidates Need the Hook." Newsday, September 22, 2003.

Just a Rescue Fantasy.

Kamarck, Elaine. "Just a Rescue Fantasy." Newsday, August 14, 2003.

The Radical Reader: A Documentary Anthology of the American Radical Tradition

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. The Radical Reader: A Documentary Anthology of the American Radical Tradition. The New Press, 2003.

The Boomers' Babies.

King, David C. "The Boomers' Babies." Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2003.

The Project of Democracy.

Keyssar, Alexander. "The Project of Democracy." Maine Policy Review 11.2 (Winter 2002): 90-99.

Where Have All the Voters Gone?

Patterson, Thomas E. "Where Have All the Voters Gone?" Christian Science Monitor, November 4, 2002.

Disappearing Act: The Downturn in Voting Continues, Despite a Patriotic Fever After 9/11.

Patterson, Thomas E. "Disappearing Act: The Downturn in Voting Continues, Despite a Patriotic Fever After 9/11." Boston Globe, August 25, 2002.

E-Voting as the Magic Ballot?

Norris, Pippa. "E-Voting as the Magic Ballot?" KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-016, April 2002.

Ballots Not Bullets: Electoral Systems, Ethnic Minorities and Democratization.

Norris, Pippa. "Ballots Not Bullets: Electoral Systems, Ethnic Minorities and Democratization." The Architecture of Democracy. Ed. Andrew Reynolds and Scott Mainwaring. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Just Elections: Creating a Fair Electoral Process in the U.S

Thompson, Dennis. Just Elections: Creating a Fair Electoral Process in the U.S. University of Chicago Press, 2002.

“Political Representation.”

Thompson, Dennis. “Political Representation.” International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. Elsevier Science, 2002, 11696-11698.

The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty

Patterson, Thomas E. The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty, Hardcover Edition. Knopf, 2002.

Women as Candidates in Congressional Elections.

Matland, Richard E., and David C. King. "Women as Candidates in Congressional Elections." Women Transforming Congress. Ed. Cindy Simon Rosenthal. University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.

Catching Voters in the Web.

King, David C. "Catching Voters in the Web." Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age. Ed. Elaine Kamarck and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2002.

Revolution, What Revolution? The Internet and U.S. Elections, 1992-2000

Norris, Pippa. "Revolution, What Revolution? The Internet and U.S. Elections, 1992-2000." Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age. Ed. Elaine Kamarck and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution Press, 2002.

La Participacion Ciudadana: Mexico Desde Una Perspectiva Comparativa.

Norris, Pippa. "La Participacion Ciudadana: Mexico Desde Una Perspectiva Comparativa." Deconstruyendo la Ciusasanía: Advances y Retos en el Desarrollo de la Cultura Democrática en Mexico. .Instituto Federal Electoral, 2002.

The Vanishing Voter.

Patterson, Thomas E. "The Vanishing Voter." National Civic Review 91.4 (Winter 2002): 367-378.

Congressional Vote Options.

King, David C., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Congressional Vote Options." Working Paper, December 18, 2001.

Party Competition and Fidelity to the Median Voter in the U.S. Congress.

King, David C. "Party Competition and Fidelity to the Median Voter in the U.S. Congress." Working Paper, December 18, 2001.

The Key to Homeland Defense.

Kamarck, Elaine. "The Key to Homeland Defense." Blueprint, November 15, 2001.

Britain Votes 2001.

Norris, Pippa, ed. "Britain Votes 2001." Parliamentary Affairs 54.4 (October 2001).

Homeland Defense Needs Trust and Political Will.

Kamarck, Elaine. "Homeland Defense Needs Trust and Political Will." Newsday, September 27, 2001.

Reform and an Evolving Electorate.

Keyssar, Alexander. "Reform and an Evolving Electorate." New York Times, August 5, 2001.

Bush Team Tripped Over Themselves.

Kamarck, Elaine. "Bush Team Tripped Over Themselves." Newsday, May 29, 2001.

Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences

Putnam, Robert D. "Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences." Isuma: Canadian Journal of Policy Research 2 (Spring 2001): 41-51.

Ghosts of Presidents Past.

Kamarck, Elaine. "Ghosts of Presidents Past." Newsday, January 21, 2001.

Five Realities That Will Shape 21st Century U.S. Politics.

Kamarck, Elaine, and William A. Galston. "Five Realities That Will Shape 21st Century U.S. Politics." The Global Third Way Debate. Ed. Anthony Giddens. Blackwell, 2001.

The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, Paperback Edition. Basic, 2001.

The Right to Vote and Election 2000.

Keyssar, Alexander. "The Right to Vote and Election 2000." The Undecided Election. Ed. Jack Rakove. Basic, 2001.

Realizing Human Rights: Moving from Inspiration to Impact

Allison, Graham, and Samantha Power. Realizing Human Rights: Moving from Inspiration to Impact. Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.