Books & Papers

Books

Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Disclosure "Packed with ideas and information, Full Disclosure is, by far, the best book to date on the problem of public transparency. The authors offer a host of indispensable lessons for citizens and policymakers in diverse domains, including education, pollution, nationalsecurity, and health care. At the same time, Full Disclosure is animportant contribution to democratic theory —and a great read to boot." Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation and What We Can Do About It “Democracy at Risk is an... impressive collaboration of which political scientists can be proud, this book should be of interest to all who care about the state of citizenship, and what may be done to improve it.” Theda Skocpol, Harvard University (Brookings Institution Press, 2005).

Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy "Fung rediscovers the best traditions of American self-government... in a book bristling with insight... that should be required reading for every student, scholar, and citizen of Democracy." Lani Guinier, Harvard University. (Princeton University Press, 2004). Check out the book on Amazon.Com.

Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance "This is an inspirational political critique but at the same time a program for critical politics." Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley (With Erik Olink Wright) (Verso Press, 2003). Check out the book on Amazon.Com.

Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? "If Kathy Lee Gifford had read this brief but potent and provocative book, not only might she have avoided her public humiliation as a sweatshop profiteer off the labor of underpaid women in Honduras, but she might even have had a few intelligent solutions to the problem." Publishers Weekly (With Dara O'Rourke and Charles Sabel) (Beacon Press 2001). Check out the book on Amazon.Com.

Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions "Working Capital... shows that great wealth can be invested in line with the values of workers as well as their economic self-interest.... The implications for American society are awesome." William Greider (Edited, with Tessa Hebb and Joel Rogers), Forward by Leo Gerard (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001). Check out the book on Amazon.Com.

Beyond Backyard Environmentalism (With Charles Sabel and Bradley Karrkainen), Forward by Hunter Lovins and Amory Lovins (Boston: Beacon Press, 2000). Check out the book on Amazon.Com.

Constitution, Democracy, and State Power: The Institutions of Justice A four volume reference collection, edited by Joshua Cohen and Archon Fung (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, May 1996). Check out the book on amazon.com. Introduction: Just Institutions (download the introduction)

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Refereed Articles

"Democratic Theory and Political Science: A Pragmatic Method of Constructive Engagement" in American Political Science Review Vol. 101, No. 3 (August 2007): 443-58.

"Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance" in Public Administration Review, Vol. 66 (December 2006): 66-75.

"Empowered Participation in Minneapolis: The Neighborhood Revitalization Program" in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 30, No. 3 (September 2006): 638-55. With Elena Fagotto.

“The Effectiveness of Regulatory Disclosure” in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2006): 155-181. With Elena Fagotto, Mary Graham, and David Weil.

“Deliberation Before the Revolution: Toward an Ethics of Deliberative Democracy in an Unjust World” in Political Theory, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Spring 2005).

“Radical Democracy” in Swiss Journal of Political Science, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter 2004). With Joshua Cohen.

“Recipes for Public Spheres: Eight Institutional Design Choices and Their Consequences” in Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 11, No. 3. (September 2003): 338-67.

“Associations and Democracy: Between Theories, Hopes, and Realities” in Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 29, (2003): 515-39.

“Deliberative Democracy and International Labor Standards” in Governance, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 2003).

"Deepening Democracy: Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance" in Politics and Society, Vol. 29, No. 1 (March 2001). With Erik Olin Wright.

"Accountable Autonomy: Toward Empowered Deliberation in Chicago Schools and Policing" Politics and Society, Vol. 29, No. 1 (March 2001).

“After Backyard Environmentalism: Toward a Regime of Performance Based Environmental Regulation” in American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 44, No. 4 (December 2000): 692-711. With Bradley Karkkainen and Charles Sabel.

"Reinventing Environmental Regulation From The Grassroots Up: Explaining And Expanding The Success Of The Toxics Release Inventory" in Environmental Management, Vol. 25, No. 2 (February 2000): 115-27. With Dara O'Rourke.

"Making Rights Real: Roe's Impact on Abortion Access" in Politics and Society, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec. 1993).

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Chapters in Books

“Democracy and the Policy Process” in Oxford Handbook of Public Policy, ed. Martin Rein, Michael Moran, and Robert E. Goodin (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006): 669-685.

“Le Contre-Pouvoir dans la Démocratie Participative et Délibérative” in Marie-Héléne Bacqué, Herni Rey, and Yves Sintomer eds., Gestion de Proximité et Démocratie Participative: Une Perspective Comparative (Paris: La Découverte, 2005): 49-80.

“What Should Be Built at Ground Zero?” in Ethics and Politics: Cases and Comments [4th edition], eds. Amy Gutmann and Dennis F. Thompson (Belmont, CA: Thomson-Wadsworth, 2006): 303-312. With Susan Rosegrant.

“Future Directions for Public Deliberation” in John Gastil and Peter Levine eds., The Deliberative Democracy Handbook (San Francisco: Josey-Bass, 2005): 271-288. With John Gastil and Peter Levine.

“Recitas para Esferas Públicas: Oito Desenhos Institucionais e Suas Conseqüências” in Vera Schattan P. Coelho e Marcos Nobre eds. Participaçåo e Deliberaçåo: Teoria Democrática e Experiências Institucionais no Brasil Contemporâneo (Sao Paulo: Editora, 2004).

“Ecologies of Workforce Development in Milwaukee” in Robert P. Giloth ed. Workforce Development Politics: Civic Capacity and Performance (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004): 75-101. With Scott Zdrazil.

“Making Social Markets: Dispersed Governance and Corporate Accountability” in Market Based Governance: Supply Side, Demand Side, Upside and Downside, ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002): 145-72.

“Experimentos en Democracia Deliberativa: Una Introduccion” in Republicanismo Contemporaneo: Igualdad, Democracia Deliberativa, y Ciudadania, ed. Andres Hernandez (Bogata, Colombia: Universidad de los Andes, 2002). With Erik Olin Wright.

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Reviews and Review Essays

“Deliberation Day by Bruce Ackerman and James Fishkin (book review)” in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 24, No. 2 (March 2005): 472-476.

“Can Social Movements Save American Democracy? (Review Essay)” in Boston Review, Vol. 28, No. 1 (February/March 2003): 34-38.

“A Review of The Environment: Between Theory and Practice (Book Review)” Environment, Vol. 44, No. 5 (June 2002): 37.

“Why Do Expressive Campaigns Succeed and Fail?” (Review of Ronald Libby’s Eco-Wars: Political Campaigns and Social Movements, Cornell University Press, 1998) in Journal of Political Ecology: Case Studies in History and the Social Sciences (January 2001).

“A Deeply Democratic Developmental State: The Socio-Political Basis of the Kerala Model” (Review of Patrick Heller’s The Labor Of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India, Cornell University Press, 2000) in Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 30, No.1 (January 2001): 75-7.

“The Fashionability of Hate: Review of Patricia Williams’ The Rooster’s Egg: Imagining How it Might Be Different in the Time of Democracy’s Doldrums” in Boston Book Review. Vol. 3, No. 2 (January/February 1996): 9-10.

“Speak Truth to Power: Review of Kent Greenawalt’s Fighting Words: Individuals, Communities, and Liberties of Speech” in Boston Book Review. Vol. 2, No. 7 (August 1995): 5.

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Commentary and Other Work

"A Citizen Congress" in Boston Globe (October 16, 2007).

"Fixing the Misinformation Age" in Boston Globe (April 10, 2007). With David Weil.

"What Can We Learn from Social Science About Democracy in Europe: A Response to Andrew Moravcsik" a debate on Notre Europe (October 2006) with Pepper Culpepper.

"Let Citizen Assemblies Draw Districts" in "Six Ways to Reform Democracy" in Boston Review Vol. 31, No. 5 (September/October 2006).

"Coming to the Rescue: Government Can't Save the Day When Disaster Strikes, but It Can Help People Save Themselves" in Boston Globe Magazine (October 2, 2005).

“Future Directions for Public Deliberation” in Journal of Public Deliberation, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2005). With John Gastil and Peter Levine.

“Deliberation’s Darker Side: A Discussion with Iris Marion Young and Jane Mansbridge” in National Civic Review, Vol. 93, No. 4 (Winter 2004): 47-54.

“Public Deliberation: Where Are We and Where Can We Go?” in National Civic Review, Vol. 93, No. 4 (Winter 2004): 3-15. With Abby Williamson.

"The Political Economy of Transparency: What Makes Disclosure Policies Effective" (December 2004, Occassional PaperOP-03-04, Ash Institute for Democracy and Innovation, JFK School of Government, Harvard University) With Mary Graham and David Weil.

“Een Pleidooi Voor Actief Burgerbestuur (Empowered Participatory Governance: An Introduction)” in Socialisme & Democratie. No. 2 (2004): 36-43. With Erik Olin Wright.

“Deliberation Where You Least Expect It: Citizen Participation in Government” in Connections (Fall 2003): 30-33.

“The Political Economy of Transparency: What Makes Disclosure Policies Sustainable?” (Occasional Paper OPS-02-03, Institute for Government Innovation, JFK School of Government, Harvard University). With Mary Graham and David Weil.

“Improving Workplace Hazard Communication” in Issues in Science and Technology (Winter 2002-2003): 63-68. With Elena Fagotto.

“Beyond and Below the New Urbanism: Citizen Participation and Responsive Spatial Reconstruction (A Symposium for Jane Jacobs)” in Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. Vol. 28, No. 4 (2001).

(with Dara O’Rourke and Charles Sabel) “Stepping Up Labor Standards” in Boston Review. Vol. 26, No. 1 (February/March 2001).

“Act Locally, Deliberate Globally” in The Good Society: A PEGS Journal. Vol. 10. No. 2. (2001): 4-7.

“Quale Volano per Gli Standard Internazionali di Protezione Sociale? Proposta per un Progressivo Miglioramento Delle Condizioni di Lavoro Nell’economia Globalizzata” in Il diritto del Mercato Del Lavoro, n.1, 2001, pp: 85-121. With Charles Sabel and Dara O’Rourke.

Creating Deliberative Publics: Governance After Devolution and Democratic Centralism in Metapolitica, Vol. 4, No. 14 (April-May 2000).

“Ratcheting Labour Standards: How Open Competition Can Save Ethical Sourcing” in ed. Raj Thamotheram, Visions of Ethical Sourcing (London: Financial Times-Prentice Hall, 2000). With Dara O’Rourke and Charles Sabel.

“Esfreras de Deliberación: Gobernar Después Del Centralismo Democrático (Spheres of Deliberation: Governance After Democratic Centralism)” in Metapolítica Vol. 4, No. 14 (April-June 2000).

“Ratcheting Labor Standards: Regulation for Continuous Improvement in the Global Workplace (World Bank Group Social Protection Unit Discussion Paper SP 0011)” (Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group, May 2000). With Dara O’Rourke and Charles Sabel.

After Backyard Environmentalism (With Charles Sabel and Bradley Karkkainen, Presented at the Meetings of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, August 1999).

This original paper has been revised and published in a "New Democracy Forum" segment of the Boston Review. To read this article, together with responses from Dan Fiorino, Ted Lowi, Larry Susskind, Cass Sunstein, and others, visit the excellent Boston Review web site.

“Experimentos em Democracia Deliberativa” in Sociologias. Vol.1 No. 2 (July-December 1999). With Erik Olin Wright.

“‘High Road’ Job Creation: The New Party’s Urban Agenda” in Dollars and Sense. No. 214 (November/December 1997): 30-33. With Joel Rogers.

“Build Them Up or Tear Them Down? Solving Problem Buildings” in Neighborhoods. Vol. 3, No. 2 (Summer 1997): 1, 8-9.

“Englewood Residents, Police Clean Up Nuisance Building” in Neighborhoods. Vol. 3, No. 2 (Summer 1997): 5.

“Residents Can Use Police General Order to Solve Specific Neighborhood Problems” in Neighborhoods. Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 1997): 1, 5, 9-10.

“District Advisory Councils Searching for Community Policing Roles” in Neighborhoods. Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 1997): 6-8.

“Contract Expired: Is Chicago Poised to Take the Community Out of Community Policing?” in Neighborhood Works. Vol. 20, No. 2 (March/April 1997): 8-9.

“Out of the Darkness: A Response to Richard Flacks’ ‘Reflections on Strategy in a Dark Time’” in Boston Review. Vol. 21, No. 1 (February/March 1996): 10. With Penn Loh and Dara O’Rourke.

"Extended Condorcet and Experimentalist Models of Epistemic Democracy" (Draft, Nov 1995)

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Multimedia

Deliberative Democracy discussion (KQED's Forum, San Francisco radio, 8/07)

Virtual Book Tour: Full Disclosure (RealPlayer, 05/07)

Virtual Book Tour: Empowered Participation (RealPlayer, 3/05)

Dynamics of Deliberation (Odyssey, WBEZ radio, 12/23/04, RealPlayer)

Chicago Local School Council elections ("848", WBEZ radio, 4/3/03, RealPlayer)

Virtual Book Tour: An End to Sweatshops? (RealPlayer, 3/02)

Discussion of Roberto Unger's Democracy Realized, (WETS-FM: Issues and Ideas, MP3, 6/03)

Photo essay of a visit to Kerala, India (5/2000)