Sociology: Social Movements; Next System Studies; Sociology of Constitutions; Democratization; Civic Engagement; Environmental Sociology; Federalism and Municipalism; Philosophy of Social Science.
Ben Manski studies the participation of ordinary people in the deliberate constitution of their societies. His work takes in social movements, law, politics, climate and ecology, and the corporation, focusing on democracy, democratization, and constitutionalism, and he has published widely on these themes. In the past, Manski practiced public interest law for eight years and managed national non-profit organizations, direct action campaigns, and political campaigns and parties for twenty five years. He is an Institute for Policy Studies Associate Fellow, Next System Project Research Fellow, Liberty Tree Foundation Fellow, and a Critical Realism Network Associated Fellow.
Manski joined the faculty of George Mason University's Department of Sociology and Anthropology in August of 2020.
For a more extensive biography, see https://www.benmanski.com/biography
Books
Manski, Ben. “The Constitutional Revolution.” Routledge, New York City, (2022).
Journal Articles
Collins, Mary and Simone Pulver, Dustin Hill, and Ben Manski. “Characterizing Disproportionality in Facility-Level Toxic Releases in U.S. Manufacturing, 1998-2012.” Environmental Research Letters, Volume 15, No.3, Spring 2020.
Manski, Ben, Hillary Lazar, and Suren Moodliar. “The Millennial Turns and the New Period: An Introduction.” Socialism and Democracy, Volume 34, No.1, 2020.
Manski, Ben and Jackie Smith. “Introduction: The Dynamics and Terrains of Local Democracy and Corporate Power in the 21st Century.” Journal of World-Systems Research, Volume 25, Issue 1, Spring 2019.
Manski, Sarah and Ben Manski. “No Gods, No Masters, No Coders? The Future of Sovereignty in a Blockchain World.” Law & Critique, June 2018.
Chapters of Books
Pulver, Simone and Ben Manski. “Corporations and the Environment,” in The Springer Handbook of Environmental Sociology, ed. Beth Caniglia et alia. Springer, NY, NY, 2020.
Manski, Ben. “Methodological Approaches to Movement Waves and the Making of History,” in The Palgrave Handbook on Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation, ed. Berch Berberoglu. Palgrave Macmillan, NY, NY, 2019.
Manski, Ben. “Universalize Power: Build the Democracy Movement,” in Welcome to the Revolution: Universalizing Resistance for Social Justice and Democracy in Perilous Times, by Charles Derber. Routledge, NY, NY, 2017.
Manski, Ben. “Beginning the World Again: Social Movements and the Challenge of Constitutional Change,” in Human Rights Of, By, and For the People: How to Critique and Change the U.S. Constitution, edited by Louis Edgar Esparza, Keri E. Iyall Smith, and Judith Blau. Routledge, NY, NY, 2017.
Journal Editor
Manski, Ben and Hillary Lazar, sp. eds. “Seattle+20: Movements at the Millennium.” Socialism and Democracy, Volume 34, No.1, 2020.
Manski, Ben, sp. ed. “Symposium: Corporate Power and Local Democracy.” Journal of World-Systems Research, Volume 25, Issue 1, Spring 2019.
Other Selected Publications
Fletcher, Bill and Ben Manski. “Reflections on Organized Labor, the Black Radical Congress, and Building a United Front.” Socialism and Democracy, 34, No.1, 2020.
Stockwell, Norman and Ben Manski. “Indymedia and Media Activism at the Turn of the Millennium.” Socialism and Democracy, 34, No.1, 2020.
Manski, Ben and Suren Moodliar. “Voter Assemblies to Protect the Vote,” in TURNOUT! Mobilizing Voters During an Electoral Emergency, ed. Suren Moodliar et alia. Routledge, NY, NY (2020).
Manski, Ben and Jill Stein. “The Global Climate Strike: Why We Can't Wait.” Truth Out, Sept. 2014.
Selected Interviews
Cobb, David. “Where are the Greens in the Green New Deal? Longtime democracy activist Ben Manski reflects on the history, and possible futures, of a Green New Deal.” The Progressive, Madison, WI, March 23 2019.
Barrett, Patrick. “An Interview with Ben Manski of the Wisconsin Wave,” in It Started in Wisconsin: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protests, ed. Mari Jo Buhle and Paul Buhle, Verso, Brooklyn, NY, 2012.
Perl, Jacob. “Megaphone: An Interview with Ben Manski of the Liberty Tree Foundation.” Jewish Currents, Brooklyn, NY, Spring 2012.
PhD, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara (2020)
MA, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara (2016)
JD, University of Wisconsin School of Law (2005)
BA, Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison (1999)