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Kent E. Portney
Research & Publications: Civic and Political Engagement
Books:
- Acting Civically: From Urban Neighborhoods to Higher Education,
(Hanover, NH: Tufts University Press/University Press of New
England, 2007).
- The Rebirth of Urban Democracy, (Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press, 1993). Co-authored with Jeffrey Berry and Ken Thomson. Winner, APSA's 1994 Gladys Kammerer Award for "Best Book in American National Politics;" Winner, APSA
Urban Politics Section's 1994 "Best Book in Urban Politics."
- Surveying Nonprofits: A Methods Handbook. (Washington, D.C.: The Aspen Institute,
2003). Co-authored with Jeffrey Berry, David Arons, Gary Bass, and Matthew
Carter.
Articles and Papers:
- "The
Group Basis of City Politics," Paper delivered at the 2011
Meetings of the American Political Science Association, Seattle,
September, 1-5. With Jeff Berry.
- "Participation
and the Pursuit of Sustainability in U.S. Cities," in
Urban Affairs Review, Volume 46, No. 1, September 2010, pp.
119-139. With Jeffrey Berry.
- "Urban
Advocacy Groups, City Governance, and the Pursuit of
Sustainability in American Cities," Paper delivered at
the 2010 Meetings of the American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C., Panel 39-3 Urban
Sustainability in a Changing Climate, September 5. With Jeff
Berry.
- "The Local Nonprofit Sector and the Pursuit of
Sustainability in American Cities: A Preliminary
Exploration," in Local Environment, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2010,
pp. 323-339. With Zachary Cuttler.
- "Urban Nonprofits, City Governance, and the Pursuit of
Sustainability in American Cities," Paper delivered at the
2009 Meetings of the American Political Science Association,
Toronto, Ontario, CA, September 3-7. With Jeffrey M. Berry,
Kelli Farrington, and Kathryn Bond.
- "Gender
Differences in Political and Civic Engagement among Young People,"
paper delivered at the 2009 Meetings of the American Political
Science Association, Toronto, September 3. With Richard Niemi
and Richard Eichenberg.
- "Sampling
Young Adults: The Effects of Survey Mode and Sampling Method on
Inferences about the Political Behavior of College Students,"
paper delivered at the 2008 Meetings of the American Political
Science Association, Boston, August 28. With Richard Niemi and
David King.
- "Local Nonprofit Organizations and the Pursuit of Sustainability
in American Cities: A preliminary Exploration" Paper delivered at
the 2007 Meetings of the Royal Geographic Society, London, with Zach
Cuttler.
- Civic and Political
Engagement of American's Youth: A Report from the Tisch College
"National Survey of Civic and Political Engagement of Young People,"
February 2007
- "Civic Engagement and Sustainable Cities in the U.S." in Public Administration Review, Vol. 65, No. 5, September/October 2005, pp. 579-591.
- "Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Associations, and Social Capital."
Co-authored with Jeffrey M. Berry.
- "Tufts Voted! A Report on the Activities of Tufts Students in Election 2004: The Results of a Class Project,"
February 2005.
- "Bowling in Neighborhoods: Civil Society and the Promise of Citywide Networks of Neighborhood Councils in Los Angeles,"
in Urban News, Vol. 16, No. 3, Fall 2002.
- "Mobilizing Minority Communities," in American Behavioral Scientist, Symposium on
"Social Capital, Civil Society, and Contemporary Democracy," Vol. 40, No. 5, April
1997, pp. 631-643. Co-authored with Jeffrey M. Berry.
- "The Political Behavior of Poor People," in Christopher Jencks and Paul E. Peterson, eds.
The Urban Underclass. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1991), pp. 357-372. Co-authored with Jeffrey M. Berry and Ken Thomson.
- "Empowering Citizens," Chapter 15 in James L. Perry, ed. The Handbook of Public Administration. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1989), pp. 208-221. Co-authored
with Jeffrey M. Berry and Ken Thomson.
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