Democracy demands new ideas. We have answers.
Paper
Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation authors offer the first comprehensive analysis of how Massachusetts municipalities are using technology to support civic engagement, government decision-making, and public service delivery.
Additional Resource
A new report provides a clear, actionable framework for effective experiential civic learning—what it is, why it matters, and how to do it well.
Book
In his book, Arthur Isak Applbaum argues that government legitimacy requires more than procedural consent—it demands the protection of rights, political equality, and coherent governance.
Book
In this volume, Julie Battilana and her co-authors compellingly argue that workplace democracy holds the key to restoring balance between the economy and society.
Book
In this book, Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business, Julie Battilana aims to make power more accessible to all kinds of people and empower them to affect positive and long-lasting change
Article
In this article, Ash Center’s Marshall Ganz examines common misconceptions in the social sector about power and structural change.
Book
In People, Power, Change, Marshall Ganz explores how ordinary people can join forces to transform the resources they have into the power needed to create meaningful change in their lives.
Additional Resource
In his working paper, Eric Maskin and Partha Dasgupta show that, among all voting rules, majority rule is uniquely characterized by strategy-proofness, the Pareto principle, anonymity, neutrality, independence of irrelevant alternatives, and decisiveness.
Article
In this recent essay, as threats to democracy grow globally, Julie Battilana — marking ASQ’s 70th volume — calls for organizational research to more deeply examine how democratic or authoritarian organizations themselves are, and the consequences of these differing models.
Book
In Race/Class Conflict and Urban Financial Threat, political scientist Jennifer L. Hochschild analyzes key policies in four major U.S. cities to explore when race and class influence urban politics, when they don’t, and what other factors can drive city policy decisions.