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Feature: How U.S. Courts Privilege 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

Responsibility and Global Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Responsibility and Global Justice." Ratio Juris 30.1 (March 2017): 41-58.

Humanity's Collective Ownership of the Earth and Immigration

Risse, Mathias. "Humanity's Collective Ownership of the Earth and Immigration." Journal of Practical Ethics 4.2 (December 2016).

On the Significance of Membership in Approaches to Global Justice: Putting Carens in Context

Risse, Mathias. "On the Significance of Membership in Approaches to Global Justice: Putting Carens in Context." Journal of Applied Philosophy 33.4 (November 2016): 443-449.

On Where We Differ: Sites vs. Grounds of Justice, and Some Other Reflections on Michael Blake's Justice and Foreign Policy

Risse, Mathias. "On Where We Differ: Sites vs. Grounds of Justice, and Some Other Reflections on Michael Blake's Justice and Foreign Policy." Law and Philosophy 35.3 (June 2016): 251-270.

What Difference Can It Make: Why Write Books on Global Justice in the First Place?

Risse, Mathias. "What Difference Can It Make: Why Write Books on Global Justice in the First Place?" Journal of International Political Theory 12.2 (June 2016): 96-117.

Chasing Capital: The Ethics of Tax Competition

Risse, Mathias, and Marco Meyer. "Chasing Capital: The Ethics of Tax Competition." Review of by Peter Dietsch. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, March 19, 2016.

Review of Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy

Risse, Mathias. Review of Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy, ed. Andrew Fiala. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, January 23, 2016.

Response to Arneson, de Bres, and Stilz.

Risse, Mathias. "Response to Arneson, de Bres, and Stilz." Ethics & International Affairs 28.4 (December 2014): 511-522.

From Third World to First - What's Next?
Singapore’s Obligations to the Rest of the World From a Human Rights Perspective

Risse, Mathias. "From Third World to First - What's Next? Singapore’s Obligations to the Rest of the World From a Human Rights Perspective." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-007, February 2014.

Taking up Space on Earth: Theorizing Territorial Rights, the Justification of States and Immigration from a Global Standpoint

Risse, Mathias. "Taking up Space on Earth: Theorizing Territorial Rights, the Justification of States and Immigration from a Global Standpoint." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-008, February 2014.

On the Significance of Humanity’s Collective Ownership of the Earth for Immigration

Risse, Mathias. "On the Significance of Humanity’s Collective Ownership of the Earth for Immigration." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-009, February 2014.

Thinking About Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Thinking About Justice." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-010, February 2014.

A Précis of On Global Justice,
With Emphasis on Implications for International Institutions

Risse, Mathias. "A Précis of On Global Justice, With Emphasis on Implications for International Institutions." Boston College Law Review (October 2012).

On Global Justice

Risse, Mathias. On Global Justice. Princeton University Press, 2012.

Global Political Philosophy

Risse, Mathias. Global Political Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times

Risse, Mathias. Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times, by Seyla Benhabib.122.4, July 2012: 790-797.

Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times

Risse, Mathias. Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times, by Seyla Benhabib. Ethics, 122.4, July 2012: 790-797.

Global Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Global Justice." Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy. Ed. David Estlund. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Justice, Accountability, and the WTO

Risse, Mathias. "Justice, Accountability, and the WTO." Leadership and Global Justice. Ed. Douglas Hicks and Thad Williamson. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Is there a Human Right to Essential Pharmaceuticals? The Global Common, the Intellectual Common, and the Possibility of Private Intellectual Property

Risse, Mathias. "Is there a Human Right to Essential Pharmaceuticals? The Global Common, the Intellectual Common, and the Possibility of Private Intellectual Property." Global Justice and Bioethics. Ed. Ezekiel Emanuel and Joseph Millum. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration

Risse, Mathias. "Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration." The Harvard Sampler: Liberal Education for the Twenty-First Century. Ed. Jennifer M. Shephard, Stephen M. Kosslyn, and Evelynn M. Hammonds. Harvard University Press, 2011, 212-242.

Responsibility for Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Responsibility for Justice." Review of Responsibility for Justice, by Iris Marion Young. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, February 2011: 224.

Global Justice

Risse, Mathias. "Global Justice." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-001, January 2011.

What Justice Requires for Global Institutions: The WTO and the World Bank

Risse, Mathias. "What Justice Requires for Global Institutions: The WTO and the World Bank." Paper presented at the World Bank, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2010.

Review of Politics and the Imagination, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Risse, Mathias. Review of Politics and the Imagination, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, by Raymond Geuss. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, April 10, 2010.

The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth.

Risse, Mathias. "The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth." Ethics and International Affairs 23.3 (Fall 2009): 281-300.

Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration

Risse, Mathias. "Securing Human Rights Intellectually: Philosophical Inquiries about the Universal Declaration." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-024, August 2009.

Immigration, Ethics, and the Capabilities Approach

Risse, Mathias. "Immigration, Ethics, and the Capabilities Approach." United Nations Development Program Human Development Research Paper Series, August 2009.

The Eternal Recurrence: A Freudian Look at What Nietzsche Took to be His Greatest Insight

Risse, Mathias. The Eternal Recurrence: A Freudian Look at What Nietzsche Took to be His Greatest Insight. Nietzsche on Freedom and Autonomy. Ed. Ken Gemes and Simon May. Oxford University Press, 2009, 223-247.

Common Ownership of the Earth as a Non-Parochial Standpoint: A Contingent Derivation of Human Rights

Risse, Mathias. "Common Ownership of the Earth as a Non-Parochial Standpoint: A Contingent Derivation of Human Rights." European Journal of Philosophy 17.2 (June 2009): 277-304.

Immigration and Original Ownership of the Earth

Blake, Michael, and Mathias Risse. "Immigration and Original Ownership of the Earth." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy 23.1 (Spring 2009): 133-167.

A Right to Work? A Right to Leisure? Labor Rights as Human Rights

Risse, Mathias. "A Right to Work? A Right to Leisure? Labor Rights as Human Rights." Journal of Law and Ethics of Human Rights 3.1 (2009): 1-41.

Preference Aggregation after Harsanyi

Hild, Matthias, Richard Jeffrey, and Mathias Risse. "Preference Aggregation after Harsanyi." Justice, Political Liberalism and Utilitarianism: Themes from Harsanyi and Rawls. Ed. Marc Fleurbaey, Maurice Salles and John A. Weymark. Cambridge University Press, 2008, 198-221.

Majority Rule and Legitimacy

Risse, Mathias. "Majority Rule and Legitimacy." Paper for conference on "Varieties of Majority Rule," Columbia University, New York City, November 7-8, 2008.

On the Philosophy of Group Decision Methods I: The Non-Obviousness of Majority Rule

Risse, Mathias. "On the Philosophy of Group Decision Methods I: The Non-Obviousness of Majority Rule." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-064, November 2008.

On the Philosophy of Group Decision Methods II: Alternatives to Majority Rule

Risse, Mathias. "On the Philosophy of Group Decision Methods II: Alternatives to Majority Rule." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-065, November 2008.

Two Models of Equality and Responsibility

Blake, Michael, and Mathias Risse. "Two Models of Equality and Responsibility." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 38.2 (June 2008): 165-199.

Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order

Risse, Mathias. "Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order." Paper for conference on "Human Rights and the New Global Order," Harvard University, Cambridge, May 8, 2008.

'Imagine There's No Countries:' A Reply to John Lennon.

Risse, Mathias. "'Imagine There's No Countries:' A Reply to John Lennon." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-020, April 2008.

On the Morality of Immigration

Risse, Mathias. "On the Morality of Immigration." Ethics & International Affairs 22.1 (Spring 2008): 25-33.

On the Morality of Immigration.

Risse, Mathias. "On the Morality of Immigration." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-007, February 2008.

What are Human Rights? Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order.

Risse, Mathias. "What are Human Rights? Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-006, February 2008.

A Right to Work? A Right to Holidays with Pay? Labor Rights as Human Rights.

Risse, Mathias. "A Right to Work? A Right to Holidays with Pay? Labor Rights as Human Rights." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-058, December 2007.

The Grounds of Justice.

Risse, Mathias. "The Grounds of Justice." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-048, October 2007.

Fairness in Trade I: Obligations from Trading and the Pauper-Labor Argument.

Risse, Mathias. "Fairness in Trade I: Obligations from Trading and the Pauper-Labor Argument." Politics, Philosophy & Economics 6.3 (October 2007): 355-377.

Migration, Territoriality, and Culture.

Blake, Michael, and Mathias Risse. "Migration, Territoriality, and Culture." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-009, February 2007.

Common Ownership as a Basis for Human Rights: Political Not Metaphysical.

Risse, Mathias. "Common Ownership as a Basis for Human Rights: Political Not Metaphysical." Conference Paper and KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-008, February 2007.

Migration, Territoriality, and Culture.

Risse, Mathias, and Michael Blake. "Migration, Territoriality, and Culture." New Waves in Applied Ethics. Ed. Jesper Ryberg , Thomas S. Petersen, and Clark Wolf. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, 153-182.

Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of Higher Men.

Risse, Mathias. "Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of Higher Men." Morality and Self-Interest. Ed. Paul Bloomfield. Oxford University Press, 2007.

Nietzschean 'Animal Psychology' versus Kantian Ethics.

Risse, Mathias. "Nietzschean 'Animal Psychology' versus Kantian Ethics." Nietzsche and Morality. Ed. Brian Leiter and Neil Sinhababu. Oxford University Press, 2007.