We develop the concept of the satellite political movement (SPM), a form of movement-party interaction that emerges in support of a…
In this working paper, Stephen Goldsmith and Ryan Streeter argue that the Republican Party is philosophically adrift, and it has been for a…
In 2018, far right candidate Jair Bolsonaro came to power in Brazil by building a socially and geographically heterogeneous electoral…
The ability to exercise leadership effectively requires skills and capacities that must be developed; they are not innate. Leadership is…
We examine the types of risk that organizers seeking to build people-based political power take and describe how organizers cultivate…
How do leaders translate collective action into political power—or not? How do they build a constituency of people that stands behind them…
How can organization leaders make strategic choices that allow them to exercise power in politics? Our book, Prisms of the People, attempts…
Leaders like Alex Gomez and Tomás Robles connected the party to issues voters cared about
This article examines three types of organizations – the party, the labor union, and the church – to help explain how right-wing…