Missing from most accounts of the 2008 and 2012 campaigns to elect Barack Obama president is the story of how Obama for America organized 2…
In a recent Vox article, political scientists David Brookman and Joshua Kalla provocatively asked why campaigns invest so little in high-…
Partisan identity shapes social, mental, economic, and physical life. Using a novel dataset, we study the consequences of partisan identity…
Should political campaigns in close races communicate that they may win (over-confidence) or that they may lose (under-confidence)? In six…
The study of ethics and leadership can be traced back to Aristotle and the Ancient Greeks. Against the backdrop of corporate, political,…
A new film about the labor leader reduces him to a caricature and ignores his true strengths as an organizer.
Modern campaigns develop databases of detailed information about citizens to inform electoral strategy and to guide tactical efforts.…
The Task Force Report, Negotiating Agreement in Politics, authored by Jane Mansbridge of the Harvard Kennedy School and Cathie Jo Martin of…
Book abstract: The Task Force Report, Negotiating Agreement in Politics, authored by Jane Mansbridge of the Harvard Kennedy School and…