Lena Bae, Author at Harvard Political Review

World

Growing Social Capital in the T-dot Hoods: Part 1

Lena Bae - June 22, 2011

Lena Bae muses on her summer working with the Community Development Unit in Toronto.

World

Writing a New Story on Violence in Brazil

Lena Bae - April 15, 2011

Though largely underreported, significant policy changes have been effective at reducing violence in Brazil. Last month's replacement of the head of the Civil Police...

United States

Participatory Democracy in Chicago: Participatory Budgeting is Working, Important, and Going to Stay

Lena Bae - April 15, 2011

Alderman Joe Moore had $1.3 million to spend. So he let his constituents decide what to do with it.

United States

Why You’ve Never Heard of Community Action: Civic Participation and Poverty

Lena Bae - April 10, 2011

How and why the Community Action Program was transformed from an engine for participation of the poor to just another program for service delivery.

Campus

Liveblogging Larry Summers at the IOP

Lena Bae - April 5, 2011

Professor Summers speaks for the first time since his return to Harvard