We develop the concept of the satellite political movement (SPM), a form of movement-party interaction that emerges in support of a…
To understand the advantages of and challenges to a reformed regulatory review process, New America’s Political Reform program and the Ash…
The structure of opportunities for citizen activism in democratic or autocratic regime diverge sharply, such as in freedom of expression,…
The ability to exercise leadership effectively requires skills and capacities that must be developed; they are not innate. Leadership is…
The Trump presidency featured a high volume of contentious mobilization. We describe the collection and aggregation of protest mobilization…
We examine the types of risk that organizers seeking to build people-based political power take and describe how organizers cultivate…
In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police forces are at the center of social unrest and…
Powerful organization, rather than efficient mobilization, is the way to re-center people in our political life.
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…