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Politics and Pop Culture
Ash-sponsored podcast This Week in Dystopia, hosted by faculty affiliate Chris Robichaud, launches season 2 with episodes about the NFL and Game of Thrones
From Kampala to Cambridge
Jennifer Musisi, inaugural City Leader in Residence with the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, knows what it takes to lead high-stakes change in city government
Fates of Third-Wave Democracies
Scott Mainwaring co-authors the first comprehensive analysis of the outcomes of democratic transitions from 1974-2012
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Harvard Votes
Ash Faculty, Staff, & Students led the charge in a school-wide campaign to get students to the polls
Ash Ranked Top Think Tank
New report cites Center as a top university-affiliated think tank and one of the best transparency and good governance think tanks
Regulating Ridesharing
A new paper from Stephen Goldsmith proposes cities employ curbside pricing to create a market-based usage model
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Democratic Governance
Researches those practices that resolve urgent social problems in developed and developing societies.
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Innovations in Government
Recognizes and promotes creative and effective problem solving by governments and citizens.
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Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia
Promotes research and training on Asia to disseminate best practices and improve public policy.
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First Cases in Legislative Negotiation Launched
April 17, 2019
Center and case program release groundbreaking package of cases, simulations, and exercises for teaching effective legislative negotiation aimed at U.S. state and federal legislators