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Democracy in an Age of Networked Governance: Charting the Currents of Democratic Change and Democracy at a Crossroads: Acknowledging Deficiencies, Encouraging Engagement
Two volumes, American Behavioral Scientist, Vol.52, 6, February 2009, Vol. 52, 7, March, 2009. Editor, (18 articles and introduction). Editors: Joyce Rothschild and Max Stephenson Jr.

Editors: Joyce Rothschild and Max Stephenson, Jr.

Contributing Authors: Joyce Rothschild, Max Stephenson Jr., Neera Chandhoke, Betsy Taylor, Paul Lichterman, Darcy Leach, Jennifer Beeman, Alnoor Ebrahim,  Edward Weisband, Marcy Schnitzer, Carmen Sirianni, William Domhoff, Patricia Nickel, Angela Eikenberry, Joan Roeloefs, Robin Hahnel, Jon Van Til, Helmut Anheier, Camilla Stivers.

“The Meaning of Democracy in Nonprofit and Community Organizations”
American Behavioral Scientist, Democracy in an Age of Networked Governance Vol. 52, 6 February 2009, pp.800-806.
Max Stephenson and Joyce Rothschild.

In press, “Corporatism,” article for Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler (eds).
International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2009.
Max Stephenson, Jr.

In press: “Exploring the Connections Among Adaptive Leadership, Facets of Imagination and Social Imaginaries”
Accepted by Public Policy and Administration. Scheduled for Vol. 24 for July 2009.
Max Stephenson Jr.

“Governance Structures Matter and we must Maintain what we Construct: Considering the Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Public Policy Processes”
Public Administration Review. May/June 2008, Vol. 68, (3), pp. 591-594.
Max Stephenson, Jr.

“Nonprofit Governance, Management and Organizational Learning: Exploring the
Implications of One ‘Mega-Gift’
American Review of Public Administration. Vol. 39, (1), January 2009, pp.43-59.
Max Stephenson, Marcy Schnitzer and Veronica Arroyave. 

"Bridging the Organizational Divide: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of United States and International Humanitarian Service Delivery Structures."
Accepted at Voluntas: The International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Scheduled for Vol. 18, (3). September 2007.
Max Stephenson Jr.

“Exploring the Challenges and Prospects for Polycentricity in International Humanitarian Relief”
American Behavioral Scientist, Democracy in an Age of Networked Governance, Vol. 52,6, February 2009, pp.919-932. Max Stephenson, Jr. and Marcy Schnitzer.

"Program Development issues in Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies: Learning from one University's Experience"
Journal of Public Affairs Education. Vol. 13, (2), Spring/Summer 2007, pp. 301-314.
Max Stephenson, Jr.

In press, “Conceiving Land Grant Civic Engagement as Adaptive Leadership.”
Higher Education. Max Stephenson, Jr.

The "Permanent Things" and the Role of the Moral Imagination in Organizational Life: Revisiting the foundations of Public and Nonprofit Leadership
Administrative Theory and Praxis, 29(2), June 2007, 260-277.
Max Stephenson Jr.

Mentoring for Doctoral Student Praxis-Centered Learning: Creating a Shared Culture of Intellectual Aspiration
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 36, (4), December 2007, Supplement, pp. 64s-79s.
Max Stephenson Jr. and Rachel Christensen

Environmental Justice: Right Answers, Wrong Questions:Environmental Justice as Urban Research
Urban Studies, Vol. 44, 2 (February 2007), pp. 319-337.
Lisa Schweitzer and Max Stephenson

American Governance in Naomi Choi, ed. Sage Encyclopedia of Governance, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, Ca., 2006.
Max Stephenson Jr.

Policy Implementation in Naomi Choi, ed. Sage Encyclopedia of Governance, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, Ca., 2006.
Max Stephenson Jr.

Government Performance and Results Act in Naomi Choi, ed. Sage Encyclopedia of Governance, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, Ca., 2006.
Max Stephenson Jr.

"Charting the Challenges and Paradoxes of Constructivism for Pre-Professional Planning Education"
Teaching in Higher Education, Vol. 13, (5). October 2008, pp. 583-593.
Lisa Schweitzer and Max Stephenson Jr.

"Program Development Issues in Nonprofit and Civel Society Studies: Learning From One University's Experience"
Journal of Public Affairs Education. Vol. 13, (2), Spring/Summer 2007, pp. 301-314.
Max Stephenson Jr.

"Aesthetic Imagination, Civic Imagination and the Role of the Arts In Community Change and Development"
International Journal of the Arts in Society, Vol. 1, (3).February 2007, pp. 83-92.
Max Stephenson Jr. and Kate Lanham

“Interorganizational Trust, Boundary Spanning, and Humanitarian Relief Coordination”
Non-Profit Management and Leadership. Vol. 17, (2), Winter 2006, pp. 211-233.
Max Stephenson and Marcy Schnitzer

The Nature Conservancy, the Press and Accountability
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 35, 3. (September 2006), pp. 1-22
Max Stephenson Jr. and Elisabeth Chaves

Bridging the Organizational Divide: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of United States and International Humanitarian Service Delivery Structures
Voluntas: The International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 18, (3). September 2007, pp. 209-224.
Max Stephenson Jr.

Review of Severun Bruyn A Civil Republic: Beyond Capitalism and Nationalism, Kumarian Press, 2005.
Voluntas: The International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Vol. 17, 2 (June 2006), pp. 185-186.
Max Stephenson Jr.

Toward a Descriptive Model of Humanitarian Assistance Coordination
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Vol. 17, 1(March 2006), pp. 41-57.
Max Stephenson Jr.

Developing community leadership through the arts in Southside Virginia: Social networks, civic identity and civic change
Community Development Journal. Web access provided: July 12, 2005. Print copy, Vol. 42, 1, 79-96. (February 2007).
Max Stephenson Jr.

Making humanitarian relief networks more effective: operational coordination, trust and sense making.
Disasters. Vol. 29, 4 (December, 2005), pp. 337-350.
Max Stephenson Jr.

Making Humanitarian Relief Networks More Effective: Exploring the Relationships Among Coordination, Trust and Sense Making
Paper prepared for delivery at the National Conference of the Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
Los Angeles, California on November 18-20, 2004
Max Stephenson Jr.

Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance Coordination
Paper prepared for delivery at the International Society of Third Sector Research (ISTR)
Sixth International Conference, Toronto, Canada on July 11-14, 2004
Max Stephenson Jr. and Nicole Kehler

Of Land Grants, Leadership, Nonprofits and Social Change: A Model for Catalyzing Sustained Community-Based Learning and Change
Paper prepared for delivery at the National Conference of the Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
Denver, Colorado November 20-22, 2003.
Max Stephenson Jr.

The Role of Trust and Boundary Spanning Behavior in Humanitarian Assitance Coordination
Non-Profit Management and Leadership. Vol. 17, 2 (Winter 2006), pp. 211-233.
Marcy Schnitzer

Giving Circles: Growing Grassroots Philanthropy
Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 35, 517-532.
Angela Eikenberry

Towards a Critical Social Theory of Philanthropy in an Era of Governance
Theorizing power post 9/11 ASPECT e-book series SPECT/RE. Edited by Wolfgang Natter.
Angela Eikenberry

Can Collectivist-Democracy Bring Gender Equity? The Efforts at Twin Oaks?
Research in the Sociology of Work. 2006 Volume:16. Page: 239 - 262
Joyce Rothschild and Amy Tomchin

"A Question of Priorities, Not Blame."
Commentary, Roanoke Times, Virginia, pp. 7, October 3, 2005.

Accountability Myopia: Losing Sight of Organizational Learning
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 34 (1), 56 (2005)
Alnoor Ebrahim

NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting, and Learning
Cambridge University Press, 2005 (Paperback)
Alnoor Ebrahim

Dilemmas in Academic Mission: Building Research Capacity in Nonprofits or in Academia? Paper prepared for delivery at the National Conference of the Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
Los Angeles, California on November 18-20, 2004
Alnoor Ebrahim

Institutional Preconditions to Collaboration: Indian Forest and Irrigation Policy in Historical Perspective
Administration & Society 36 (2), 208 (2004)
Alnoor Ebrahim

Beyond Dependence: Conceptualizing Information and Accountability in NGO-Funder Relations Paper prepared for delivery at the International Society of Third Sector Research (ISTR)
Sixth International Conference, Toronto, Canada on July 11-14, 2004
Alnoor Ebrahim

The Marketization of the Nonprofit Sector: Civil Society at Risk?
Public Administration Review, Volume 64, Number 2, March 2004, pp. 132-140(9)
Angela Eikenberry and Jodie Kluver

Building Analytical and Adaptive Capacity:  Lessons from Northern and Southern NGOs
Paper prepared for delivery at the National Conference of the Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action(ARNOVA)
Denver, Colorado on November 20-22, 2003
Alnoor Ebrahim

Making sense of accountability: Conceptual perspectives for northern and southern nonprofits Nonprofit Management and Leadership 14 (2), 191 (2003)
Alnoor Ebrahim

Learning And Change: Community Development Revisited"
Anne H. Moore

Articles Under Review

“Considering the Relationships among Social Conflict, Social Imaginaries, Resilience and Community-based Organization Leadership”
At Ecology and Society based on Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance symposium,

“Planners in the Naked City: 100 Years of Markets, Democracy and Angst”
At Planning Theory and Practice, July 2008. Max Stephenson and Lisa Schweitzer.

“Cities and Regions as Justice Spaces: Exploring the Issues for Regional Sustainability”
At Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. Revise and resubmit request received; resubmission scheduled for Spring 2009.Lisa Schweitzer and Max Stephenson.

“Community, Trust and the Habits of Democracy: An Investigation into Social Capital and Civic Engagement in U.S. Cohousing Neighborhoods”
At Environment and Planning A, Revise and resubmit request received Oct. 8, 2008. Lisa Poley and Max Stephenson.