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Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

May 15, 2016

First Chapter: Why Elections Fail by Pippa Norris

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Jul 22, 2016

The “Brexit” Referendum: An Argument for Direct Democracy

This post was originally published here on LSE’s British Politics and Policy blog. It is a commentary by Rikki Dean, former Ash Center Visiting Fellow in the Democracy Fellowship Program. Rikki shares his thoughts on today’s EU…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Dec 7, 2016

PBNYC: The Challenges and Opportunities of Scale

Long hours, careful relationship-building, and hands-on community outreach have made New York City’s Participatory Budgeting process a successful experiment in civic engagement. In this post, Betsy Ribble (MPP ’17) explores what it will take to…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Sep 27, 2016

Political Participation in Tunisia: Millennials and Digital Activism

This post, originally published on the Government Innovators Network, explores how Tunisia’s youth are leveraging digital technology to participate in a political system dominated by the old guard. Still…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

May 4, 2016

The Surveillance State: 1984 and Today

In February 2016, the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center, in collaboration with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) in Cambridge, MA, hosted a discussion series examining the issues of privacy, technology, surveillance, and totalitarianism. These discussions…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Aug 9, 2016

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Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Jul 5, 2016

Digitizing Congress: Q&A with Kirsten Gullickson

Kirsten Gullickson, Special Guest to the Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellowship, discusses how specific file formats of legislative documents and online repositories can make Congress more transparent and accountable to the public with…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Sep 14, 2016

The Elephant in Activism: An Open Letter

This post, written in the form of an open letter to civic activists, is by Ali Imad Fadlallah, Doctor of Education Leadership Candidate at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Fadlallah offers commentary on the contemporary landscape of activism…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Apr 3, 2016

Leveraging Technology to Improve Participation: Textizen and Oregon’s Kitchen Table

Today’s post from Chante Lantos-Swett is the first in an occasional series that explores the top 25 ideas from the last round of the Roy and Lila Ash Innovations Award for Public…

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Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Mar 21, 2016

Connecting HKS to Technologists and Practitioners: Ash Center Launches Technology and Democracy Fellowship

The Ash Center has established a Technology and Democracy Fellowship program as part of the Center’s initiative to explore technology’s role in…

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