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John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 114
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Profile
Archon Fung is Professor of Public Policy. His research
examines the impacts of civic participation, public deliberation,
and transparency upon public and private governance. His
Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy
examines two participatory-democratic reform efforts in low-income
Chicago neighborhoods. Current projects also examine initiatives in
ecosystem management, toxics reduction, endangered species
protection, local governance, and international labor standards.
His recent books and edited collections include Deepening
Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory
Governance; Can We Eliminate Sweatshops?; Working
Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions; and Beyond Backyard
Environmentalism. His articles on regulation, rights, and
participation appear in Political Theory; Journal of
Political Philosophy; Politics and Society;
Governance; Environmental Management; American
Behavioral Scientist; and Boston Review. Fung received
two SBs and a PhD from MIT.
Courses
Fall
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PAL-218
Innovations in Democratic Governance: Solving Public Problems
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API-601
The Responsibilities of Public Action
Media Expertise
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Research
Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.
Selected Publication Citations:
- Academic Journals
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Fung, Archon. "Democratic Theory and Political Science: A Pragmatic
Method of Constructive Engagement." American Political Science
Review 101.3 (August 2007): 443-458.
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Fung, Archon. "Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance."
Public Administration Review 66.s1 (December 2006): 66-75.
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Culpepper, Pepper D., and Archon Fung. "Listen to the Citizens: The
Radical Way Forward for the European Union." Harvard
International Review (November 2, 2006).
- Book Chapters
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Fung, Archon. "Citizen Participation in Government Innovations."
Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and
Replication. Ed. Sandford F. Borins. Brookings Institution
Press, 2008.
- Books
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Fung, Archon, Mary Graham, and David Weil. Full Disclosure: The
Perils and Promise of Transparency. Cambridge University Press,
2007.
- Magazine and Newspaper Articles
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Culpepper, Pepper D., and Archon Fung. "Listen to the Citizens: The
Radical Way Forward for the European Union." Harvard
International Review (November 2, 2006).
- Op-Eds
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Fung, Archon. "A Citizen Congress." Boston Globe, October
16, 2007.
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Culpepper, Pepper D., Archon Fung, and Taeku Lee. "Public
Deliberation and Legitimate Governance." openDemocracy.net,
October 15, 2007.
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Weil, David, and Archon Fung. "Fixing the Misinformation Age."
Boston Globe, April 10, 2007.
- Reviews
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Culpepper, Pepper D., and Archon Fung. "What Can We Learn from
Social Science about Democracy in Europe?" Reaction to "What Can We
Learn from the Collapse of the European Constitutional Project?" in
Politische Vierteljahresschrift by Andrew Moravcsik Notre
Europe: Etudes et Recherches, September 2006.