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Academic Journals

"Leadership, Membership, and Voice: Civic Associations that Work," co-authored with Kenneth T. Andrews, Matthew Baggetta, Hahrie Han, and Chaeyoon Lim. American Journal of Sociology. Forthcoming, 2009.

"Duty to the Race: African American Fraternal Orders and the Legal Defense of the Right to Organize", co-authored with Ariane Liazos. Social Science History, Fall 2004.

"A Nation of Organizers: The Institutional Origins of Civic Volunteerism in the United States", American Political Science Review, pp. 527-546, September 2000.

"Resources and Resourcefulness: Strategic Capacity in the Unionization of California Agriculture, 1959-1966", American Journal of Sociology, pp. 1003-1062, January 2000.

Popular  Periodicals

 "Organizing for Democratic Renewal." TPM Cafe, March 2007.

"Staying Connected to our Moral Sources." TPM Cafe, March 2007. 

“Hillel’s Questions: A Call for Leadership.” Sh’ma, January 2007.

"Organizing as Leadership " in Encyclopedia of Leadership, edited by George Goethels, Georgia J. Sorenson, James McGregor Burns; Sage Publications, 2004.  

"Making Democracy Work?" Book Review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy by Mark R. Warren. Contexts, 1(3), Fall 2002. Pp. 62-63.  

"What Is Organizing?" Social Policy. Fall 2002. 33(1). ARC Vol. 17, National Organizer's Alliance. Winter 2001.  

"Motor Voter or Motivated Voter?" The American Prospect, 5(16), Sept 1-Oct 1, 1996.

"Voters in the Crosshairs" The American Prospect, 17(28), December 1, 1994.

Books and Chapters in Books

Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement. Oxford University Press, 2009.

What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality with Theda Skocpol and Ariane Liazos, Princeton University Press, 2006.

"Why David Sometimes Wins: Strategic Capacity in Social Movements," in The Psychology of Leadership: New Approaches, David M. Messick and Roderick M. Kramer (Eds.). Erlbaum Publications, 2005.

"Against The Tide: Projects and Pathways of the New Generation of Union Leaders, 1984-2001," co-authored with Kim Voss, Teresa Sharpe, Carl Somers and George Strauss, in Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement, edited by Ruth Milkman and Kim Voss. Cornell University Press. 2004.

"Why David Sometimes Wins: Strategic Capacity in Social Movements", in Rethinking Social Movements: Structure, Meaning and Emotion, edited by James Jasper and Geoffrey Goodwin. Rowman and Littlefield, 2004.

"Reconnecting People and Politics." The New Majority: Toward a Popular Progressive Politics, edited by Stanley B. Greenberg and Theda Skocpol, Margaret Weir, co-author, Yale University Press. 1997.

Current Working Papers

"Leadership, Organization, and Action: Understanding Public Recognition of Civic Associations." November 2007.

"What is Public Narrative?." March 2007.

"Reflections on the Binding of Isaac." September 2006.

"Explaining Effectiveness in Local Civic Associations." February, 2006.  

"Notes on Storytelling." August 2005.

"Whatever Happened to Democratic Values?" November 2004.

"Some Reflections on Faith and Politics." February 17, 2003.

"The Power of Story in Social Movements," August, 2001.

Kennedy School Cases

Sponsored:

KSG Case 1604.0. "Kmart Union in Greensboro Fights for a Contract (B): Reaching Out, Re-framing the Issue," by Pamela Varley. 6/1/00.

Co-Authored:

KSG Case 1603.2. "Kmart Union in Greensboro Fights for a Contract (Teaching Note)." co-authored with Taeku Lee. 6/20/02. Teaching Note Available.

KSG Case. "The Living Wage Debate Comes to Harvard." 4/1/02.

 
 
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