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A Nation of Organizers: The Institutional Origins of Civic Voluntarism in the United States
(American Political Science Association, 2000)
Voters in the Crosshairs
(The American Prospect, 2001)
New technologies were supposed to enable campaigns to reach more voters. Instead, they ended up fragmenting and alienating much of the electorate.
Motor Voter or Motivated Voter?
(New Prospect, Inc., 1996)
The Motor Voter law was supposed to dramatically increase turnout and give marginalized groups more voice in politics. Unfortunately, getting these groups to register doesn't do any good if you don't give them reason to vote.
Resources and Resourcefulness: Strategic Capacity in the Unionization of California Agriculture, 1959-1966
(University of Chicago Press, 2000)
Duty to the Race: African American Fraternal Orders and the Legal Defense of the Right to Organize
(Project Muse, 2004)
In 1904, leaders of three major white fraternal orders launched a nationally coordinated legislative and legal campaign to force their black counterparts out of existence, a struggle that spread to at least 29 states and ...
Leadership, Membership, and Voice: Civic Associations That Work
(University of Chicago Press, 2010)
Why are some civic associations more effective than others? The authors introduce a multidimensional framework for analyzing the effectiveness of civic associations in terms of public recognition, member engagement, and ...
The Relationship of Leadership Quality to the Political Presence of Civic Associations
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Member-based civic associations, or citizen groups, have two crucial roles in American democracy. They advocate for members' interests in the public arena, but also operate as Tocquevillian “schools of democracy” linking ...
The Power of Story in Social Movements
(American Sociological Association, 2001)
Organizing Obama: Campaign, Organization, Movement
(American Sociological Association, 2009)