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

Chenoweth, Erica. "The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning." The Review of Politics 86.2 (Spring 2024): 238-241.
Chenoweth, Erica. "Rustin’s Legacy of Civil Resistance in the US." Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics. Ed. Michael G. Long. NYU Press, 2023, 10-24.
Ganz, Marshall, Julia Lee Cunningham, Inbal Ben Ezer and Alaina Segura. "Crafting Public Narrative to Enable Collective Action: A Pedagogy for Leadership Development." Academy of Management Learning & Education 22.2 (June 2023): 169-190.
González, Yanilda. "Reforming to Avoid Reform: Strategic Policy Substitution and the Reform Gap in Policing." Perspectives on Politics 21.1 (March 2023): 59-77.
Chenoweth, Erica. "People Power." The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions. Ed. Thunberg, Greta. Penguin, 2023, 364-368.
Chenoweth, Erica, and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. "Guest Editors’ introduction: Nonviolent resistance and its discontents." Journal of Peace Research 60.1 (January 2023): 3-8.
Cushman, Joy, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Power Metrics: Measuring What Matters to Build a Multiracial Democracy." Democracy & Power Innovation Fund, 2023.
Gilman, Hollie Russon, Archon Fung, and Mark Schmitt. "Designing for Community Engagement: Toward More Equitable Civic Participation in the Federal Regulatory Process." Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; New America, December 2021.
Chenoweth, Erica, Barton H. Hamilton, Hedwig Lee, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Stephen P. Roll, and Matthew V. Zahn. "Who Protests, What Do They Protest, and Why?" NBER Working Paper Series, November 2022.
Chenoweth, Erica, and Christopher Wiley Shay. "Updating nonviolent campaigns: Introducing NAVCO 2.1." Journal of Peace Research 59.6 (November 2022): 876-889.
Chenoweth, Erica. "Gandhi's Century." Gandhi's Global Legacy: Moral Methods and Modern Challenges. Ed. Howard, Veena R.. Lexington Books, 2022, 47-64.
Chenoweth, Erica, and Zoe Marks. "Pro-democracy Organizing against Autocracy in the United States: A Strategic Assessment & Recommendations." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-017, October 2022.
Norris, Pippa. "Comparing Mass Political Participation in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes." The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation. Ed. Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso. Oxford University Press, 2022, 858-876.
Chenoweth, Erica, Andrew Hocking, and Zoe Marks. "A Dynamic Model of Nonviolent Resistance Strategy." PLoS ONE 17.7 (July 2022).
Chenoweth, Erica. "Can nonviolent resistance survive COVID-19? Erica Chenoweth." Journal of Human Rights 21.3 (2022): 304-316.
Beck, Colin J., Mlada Bukovansky, Erica Chenoweth, George Lawson, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, and Daniel P. Ritter. On Revolutions: Unruly Politics in the Contemporary World. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Wilkinson, Robert, and Kimberlyn Leary. "Leading with Intentionality: The 4P Framework for Strategic Leadership." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-029, April 2022.
Pressman, Jeremy, Erica Chenoweth, Tommy Leung, L. Nathan Perkins, and Jay Ulfelder. "Protests Under Trump, 2017-2021." Mobilization: An International Quarterly 27.1 (March 2022): 13-26.
Chenoweth, Erica and Zoe Marks. "Revenge of the Patriarchs: Why Autocrats Fear Women Essays." Foreign Affairs 101.2 (March/April 2022): 103-116.
Bilmes, Linda J., and Cornell William Brooks. "The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it." Boston Globe. February 23, 2022.
Emery, Eleanor H., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Danny McCormick, Jessica Zeidman, Sophia R. Geffen, Predrag Stojicic, Marshall Ganz and Gaurab Basu. "Preparing Doctors in Training for Health Activist Roles: A Cross-Institutional Community Organizing Workshop for Incoming Medical Residents." MedEdPORTAL 18 (2022): 11208.
Oyakawa, Michelle, Elizabeth McKenna, and Hahrie Han. "Habits of Courage: Reconceptualizing Risk in Social Movement Organizing." Journal of Community Psychology 49.8 (November 2021): 3101-3121.
Ganz, Marshall. "The Role of Leadership in Cultivating Collective Democratic Voice." The American Prospect. February 26, 2021.
Chenoweth, Erica, and Maria J. Stephan. The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns: Poisoned Chalice or Holy Grail? ICNC, 2021.
Masoud, Tarek. "The Arab Spring at 10: Kings or People?" Journal of Democracy 32.1 (January 2021): 139-154.
Mayne, Quinton, and Cecilia Nicolini. "Disrupting the Party: A Case Study of Ahora Madrid and Its Participatory Innovations." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-030, September 2020.
Bringel, Breno, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Social Movements in a Global Context: History, Content, and Form." The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook. Ed. Walter W. Powell and Patricia Bromley. Stanford University Press, 2020, 631-647.
Gonzalez, Yanilda. Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Schrantz, Doran, Michelle Oyakawa, and Elizabeth McKenna. "People Power: Building Political Bases to Make Multiracial Democracy Work." Stanford Social Innovation Review 18.1 (Winter 2020): A9–A11.
Mayne, Quinton, Jorrit de Jong, and Fernando Fernandez-Monge. "State Capabilities for Problem-Oriented Governance." Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (2019).
Ganz, Marshall, and Art Reyes III. "Renewing Democracy Requires the Creation of an Inclusive Collective." Sanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2020).
Goldsmith, Stephen. "Participatory Budgeting: A Powerful Civic Education Tool." Governing. June 18, 2019.
Goldsmith, Stephen. "Data and the Human Side of Criminal Justice." Governing. February 20, 2019.
Greenberg, David, Moshik Temkin, and Mason B. Williams, eds. Alan Brinkley: A Life in History. Columbia University Press, 2019.
Masoud, Tarek. "Review Essay: Why Tunisia?" Review of Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly, by Safwan M. Masri. Journal of Democracy, 29.4, October 2018: 166-175.
Ganz, Marshall, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Bringing Leadership Back In." The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Ed. David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Holly J. McCammon. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018, 185-202.
McKenna, Elizabeth, and Hahrie Han. Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America. Oxford University Press, 2015.