Books
Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in 21st Century America
Winner of the Michael Harrington Book Award, APSA (2022). Named to the Stanford Social Innovation Review 2021 Best Books list. Reviewed in American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Perspectives on Politics. Covered by The Washington Post, The New Republic, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and the World Economic Forum annual book recommendation list.
Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America
Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics and The International Journal of Press/Politics. Covered by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Boston Review, The Washington Post, and CBS News.
In progress
- Elizabeth McKenna. The Paradox of Participation: Organizing Authoritarianism in Democratic Brazil. Full manuscript submitted to Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics).
- Elizabeth McKenna. The Regulars: The Making and Measure of Democratic Agency. Prospectus in final revision; data collection for all chapters complete.
- Elizabeth McKenna (ed.). Organized: The Mamdani Campaign and the Case for People-First Politics. Edited volume with ten contributors; proposal complete; most chapters drafted; manuscript delivery Spring 2027.