What's New?

Globalizm, Terrorism, and Democracy

In collaborative with the American Academy in Berlin, The Collaborative organized its second International Roundtable on “Globalization, Terror and Democracy: How 9/11 Changed the Debate in America and Abroad.” Thirty-two distinguished academic practitioners whose work focuses on the theory and practice of democracy, joined leaders from government, business, intentional agencies and civil society organizations to review September 11’s impact on the globalization of democracy and to discuss next steps in strengthening democracy worldwide.

You may download a free copy of this new report by clicking this link.
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For more information about The Collaborative’s International Roundtables, click here.

Democracy Studies:
Front & Center at the University of Maryland

Learning from Reflective Practitioners
and Engaged Academics

The Collaborative has just published a new report that describes a joint program now underway in partnership with The Advocacy Institute. This program brings together scholars of democratic theory and democratic activists so that they learn from one another and work on problem-solving together. The 28-page report on this project is available for free download in the PDF (Acrobat) format.

Learn more about this program and download the free report

New Book:
"Making a Place for Community"

We highly recommend the new book by one of The Collaborative's principal initiators, Gar Alperovitz (co-authored by Thad Williamson and David Imbroscio). "Making a Place for Community, Local Democracy in a Global Era" explains, step-by-step, how to strengthen communities and restore democratic self-governance over economic life in the era of globalization.

This valuable book offers both an overview of the various forces now threatening community democratic practices in the United States, and a comprehensive examination of the available policy responses, at the local, state, national, and international levels.

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published a survey by Jeffrey C. Isaac covering important new books on democracy and community building. His report features “Making a Place for Community” by Gar Alperovitz.

L.A. Times Review: "Democracy and its roots of grass," by Richard Flacks.

Links to purchase this and other books by members of The Collaborative are available on the Books & Articles page