Crowd of Black Lives Matters demonstrators marching in the street.
Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

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Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

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Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

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Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

Keyssar, Alexander. Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? Harvard University Press, 2020.

The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, Revised Edition. Basic Books, 2009.

The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisioned, 1600-2000

Roland, Alex, W. Jeffrey Bolster, and Alexander Keyssar. The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisioned, 1600-2000. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

Inventing America: A History of the United States

Maier, Pauline, Merrit Roe Smith, Alexander Keyssar, and Daniel J. Kevles. Inventing America: A History of the United States, Second Edition. W.W. Norton, 2006.

Inventing America: A History of the United States

Maier, Pauline, Merrit Roe Smith, Alexander Keyssar, and Daniel J. Kevles. Inventing America: A History of the United States. W.W. Norton, 2002.

The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, Paperback Edition. Basic, 2001.