Empowering Affected Interests book cover
2024

Empowering Affected Interests: Democratic Inclusion in a Globalized World

Edited with Sean W.D. Gray · Cambridge University Press

"All those affected by a collective decision should have a say in making that decision." Explores how the All-Affected Principle reshapes democratic rules amid global interdependence.

Cambridge University Press →
When Democracy Breaks book cover
2024

When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse

Edited with David Moss & Odd Arne Westad · Oxford University Press

Examines eleven episodes of democratic breakdown from ancient Athens to present-day Turkey, Russia, and Venezuela, identifying patterns like polarization and anti-democratic actors.

Oxford University Press →
Open Budgets book cover
2013

Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability

Brookings

Analyzes how fiscal transparency and participation affect government responsiveness and accountability.

Brookings →
Full Disclosure book cover
2007

Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency

Cambridge University Press

Examines public transparency across domains including education, pollution, national security, and healthcare.

Cambridge University Press →
Democracy at Risk book cover
2005

Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation

Brookings Institution Press

An examination of how political decisions can erode the foundations of citizen participation in democracy.

Brookings →
Empowered Participation book cover
2004

Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy

Princeton University Press

A study of institutional innovations that enable empowered participatory governance in urban settings.

Princeton University Press →
Deepening Democracy book cover
2003

Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance

With Erik Olin Wright · Verso Press

Institutional innovations that deepen democracy through empowered participatory governance.

Verso Press →
Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? book cover
2001

Can We Put An End To Sweatshops?

With Dara O'Rourke & Charles Sabel · Beacon Press

Examines labor standards, ethical sourcing, and regulatory approaches to sweatshop labor.

Working Capital book cover
2001

Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions

Edited with Tessa Hebb & Joel Rogers · Cornell University Press

The role of labor pension funds in economic and social development.

Beyond Backyard Environmentalism book cover
2000

Beyond Backyard Environmentalism

With Charles Sabel & Bradley Karkkainen · Beacon Press

New approaches to environmental regulation that go beyond traditional top-down methods.

Constitution, Democracy, and State Power book cover
1996

Constitution, Democracy, and State Power: The Institutions of Justice

Edited with Joshua Cohen · Edward Elgar Publishing

A four-volume reference collection on constitutionalism, democracy, and institutional design.