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Feature: How U.S. Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes

Maya Sen assesses the institutional and compositional features of U.S. federal courts that tend to bias them toward conservative policy outcomes.

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Feature: The U.S. Place-Based Policy Supply Chain

Dani Rodrik and Gordon Hanson document how vertical policy supply chains distribute resources from federal and state governments to recipients at the local level.

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Feature: How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?

Lotem Bassan-Nygate theorizes that by shaming human rights violators abroad, governments can improve their image at home but may encourage tolerance toward certain domestic violations.

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Feature: Thinking (about Peace Science) in Time

Erica Chenoweth speaks to colleagues in the peace science community, reflecting on the world events that have shaped their scholarship and how researchers might think about the current geopolitical moment.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations

Grindle, Merilee. In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations. Harvard University Press, 2023.

Politics and Policy Implementation in the Third World

Grindle, Merilee S. Politics and Policy Implementation in the Third World, 2. Princeton University Press, 2017.

Good Governance, RIP: A Critique and an Alternative

Grindle, Merilee S. "Good Governance, RIP: A Critique and an Alternative." Governance 30.1 (January 2017): 17-22.

Democracy and Clientelism: How Uneasy a Relationship?

Grindle, Merilee S. "Democracy and Clientelism: How Uneasy a Relationship?" Review of Clientelism, Social Policy and the Quality of Democracy Clientelism in Everyday Latin American Politics; Mobilizing Poor Voters: Machine Politics, Clientelism & Social Networks in Argentina, by Diego Abente Brun, Larry Diamond, Tina Hilgers, Mariela Szwarcberg. Latin American Research Review, 51.3, 2016: 241-249.

Jobs for the Boys

Grindle, Merilee S. Jobs for the Boys. Harvard University Press, 2012.

Through a Glass Darkly: Reflecting on Bolivia

Hilderbrand, Mary E.and Merilee S. Grindle. "Through a Glass Darkly: Reflecting on Bolivia." ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America (Fall 2011): 6-8.

Governance Reform: The New Analytics of Next Steps

Grindle, Merilee S. "Governance Reform: The New Analytics of Next Steps." Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions 24.3 (July 2011): 415-418.

Good Enough Governance Revisited

Grindle, Merilee S. "Good Enough Governance Revisited." Development Policy Review 29.Supplement (January 2011): s199-s221.

Review of Local Governments and Rural Development: Comparing Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru

Grindle, Merilee S. Review of Local Governments and Rural Development: Comparing Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru, by Krister Andersson, Gustavo Gordillo de Anda, and Frank van Laerhoven. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 29.4, October 2010: 547-549.

Social Policy in Development: Coherence and Cooperation in the Real World

Grindle, Merilee S. "Social Policy in Development: Coherence and Cooperation in the Real World." Background paper for The World Economic and Social Survey 2010. United Nations, 2010.

Good Governance: The Inflation of an Idea

Grindle, Merilee S. "Good Governance: The Inflation of an Idea." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-023, June 2010.

Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Career Civil Service Systems in Latin America

Grindle, Merilee S. "Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Career Civil Service Systems in Latin America." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-025, June 2010.

Sanctions, Benefits, and Rights: Three Faces of Accountability

Grindle, Merilee S. "Sanctions, Benefits, and Rights: Three Faces of Accountability." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-026, June 2010.

Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance

Grindle, Merilee S. Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance. Princeton University Press, 2009.

Demanding a Supply of Good Government: A Coalition for the Reform of the State?

Grindle, Merilee S. Demanding a Supply of Good Government: A Coalition for the Reform of the State? Leadership and Governance in Small States: Getting Development Right. Ed. Winston Dookeran and Akhil Malaki. VDM Verlag, 2009.

Paths Toward Good Governance Los Caminos Hacia un Buen Gobierno

Grindle, Merilee S. "Paths Toward Good Governance", published in Spanish as, "Los Caminos Hacia un Buen Gobierno." Buen Gobierno y Función Pública 125 (2009).

The Implementation Gap La brecha de la implementación

Grindle, Merilee S. The Implementation Gap, published in Spanish as, La Brecha de la Implementación. Política pública y democracia en América Latina: Del análisis a la implementación. Ed. Freddy Mariñez and Vidal Garza. Miguel Angel Porrúa, 2009.

Hacia un nuevo estado en America Latina

Kamarck, Elaine, Merilee S. Grindle, Edgardo Buscalia, et al., eds. Hacia un nuevo estado en America Latina. CIPPEC, 2002.