Publications

Gregory D. Saxton and Michelle A. Benson. 2006. "Structure, Politics, and Action: An Integrated Model of Nationalist Protest and Rebellion." Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 12(2): 1-39.

    • Abstract
    • Cross-national study of the interactive determinants of non-violent protest and violent rebellion in 130 ethno-national communities from 1990 to 1998. According to the model, structure, politics and action assume equal roles in an interdependent causal system. 3SLS analysis using Minorities at Risk and Polity 98 data.
    • Replication data set (Stata 8.0 format), forthcoming
    • Stata do file, forthcoming
    • Ancillary Materials, forthcoming:
      • Appendix A: Summary Statistics (PDF file)
      • Appendix B: List of Communities Surveyed (PDF file)

Gregory D. Saxton. 2005. "The Participatory Revolution in Nonprofit Management." The Public Manager 34(1): 34-39.

    • An array of large-scale social changes in education, technology, and value orientations has recently fostered dramatic growth in stakeholders' potential to participate in key organizational decision-making processes. The increasing interest, opportunity, and ability of stakeholders to make decisions is bringing about significant changes in prevailing nonprofit organizational structures, in organizational governance and decision-making, and in management and leadership practices. A genuine participatory revolution is emerging - and nonprofit leaders must be ready for both the opportunities and challenges it presents.

Gregory D. Saxton and Michelle A. Benson. 2005. "Social Capital and the Growth of the Nonprofit Sector." Social Science Quarterly 86(1): 16-35.

Gregory D. Saxton. 2005. "Repression, Grievances, Mobilization and Rebellion: A New Test of Gurr's Model of Ethnopolitical Rebellion." International Interactions 31(1): 87-116.

    • Application of Ted Robert Gurr's theoretical model of ethnopolitical rebellion to the case of post-Franco Spain. Tested with a three-stage least squares simultaneous equation model using original data from the 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain, 1977-1996.
    • Abstract

Gregory D. Saxton. 2004. "The Rise of Participatory Society: Challenges for Public Administration." PA Times 27 (11): 4-5.

    • Over the past several decades, a web of technological, economic and socio-demographic forces of social change have been busy laying the groundwork upon which participatory structures and processes can feasibly thrive. I argue that the confluence of these forces is triggering a structural adjustment that will wipe away the incongruity between the organizational decision-making structures that are currently predominant and the new underlying structural conditions -- thus ushering in the era of Participatory Society. I briefly outline the origins, evidence and key implications of this transformation for twenty-first century public administration.

Gregory D. Saxton. 2004. "Structure, Politics, and Ethno-Nationalist Contention in Post-Franco Spain: An Integrated Model." Journal of Peace Research 41(1): 25-46.

Gregory D. Saxton and Michelle A. Benson. 2003. "The Origins of Socially and Politically Hostile Attitudes toward Immigrants and Outgroups: Economics, Ideology, or National Context?" Journal of Political Science 31: 101-137.

    • Use of Eurobarometer data to compare the utility of three main theories of the determinants of anti-immigrant attitudes.
    • Abstract

Gregory D. Saxton, Christopher W. Hoene and Steven P. Erie. 2002. "Fiscal Constraints and the Loss of Home Rule: The Long-Term Impacts of California's Post-Proposition 13 Fiscal Regime." American Review of Public Administration 32 (4):  423-54.

Gregory D. Saxton. Nation, Nation-Building, and Nationalism in the Catalan-Speaking Cyberspace

    • 1999. American Sociological Association: Collective Behavior & Social Movements Section Working Paper Series, Number 1, Volume 2.  

       

Community Reports

Gregory D. Saxton, with Sonia Aaroe, Erica Brown, Margaret Cole, Latasha Craig, Conor Cusack, Malasri Das-Roy, Fanny DiLettera, Mary Flaherty, Tracy Hensler, Cynthia Hobbs, Tamara Jones, Tom Kuryla, Karen Ogden, Denise Parker, Tyler Schaab, Susan Shaw, Tracy Stevens, and Susan Ventura. Benchmarking Quality of Life in Greater Rochester: A Service-Learning Report. January 2004.

 

Working Papers

Gregory D. Saxton. The Rise of Participatory Society: Challenges for the Nonprofit Sector. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2004 annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), November 18-20 in Los Angeles, CA.

    • I argue that society is experiencing significant increases in both the capacity and demand of stakeholders to participate in the decision-making processes that directly impact them. In this paper I outline the origins, evidence, and key implications of this ongoing transformation for the not-for-profit sector.
    • Companion site - Further details on core concepts and hyperlinks to all organizations mentioned in the paper.
    • I have also created a web site, http://www.ParticipatorySociety.org, that further explores my primary thesis and includes a growing list of examples, links, and bibliographical resources.

Gregory D. Saxton. Civic Engagement and Student Outcomes: An Evaluation Synthesis of Best Practices in Professional Service-Learning Curricula.

    • A grant proposal submitted to the Davenport-Hatch Faculty Research Award Committee, March 27, 2003.

Dissertation

Gregory D. Saxton. Structure, Politics, and Action: An Integrated Model of Violent and Non-Violent Ethno-Nationalist Contentious Politics.

  • Submitted July 2000. (Abstract - HTML version). Please e-mail me if you would like to see more of the dissertation.

 

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