Services & Resources Available through the Institute
Institute Open-Source Resources
- Polarities of Democracy Theory: Simplified Maps for the Five Polarity Pairs of the Theory
- Summary of Resources available for Higher Education Faculty and Students
Papers, Presentations, and Research
- Polarities of Democracy: The Role of Theory in Effecting Social Change by Scholar-Practitioners
A Presentation for Walden University’s Academic Skills Center Using Your Skills for Social Change Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2018
Presenters: Suzanne E. Rackl and Dr. William J. Benet - The Case for Public Education: A Question of Survival
A Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy, the Institute for Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, The Netherlands, July 9- 13, 2013
Author: Dr. William J. Benet - Definition of Democracy Paper
- Other Presentations (coming soon)
Library Collection at Walden University
As a result of the growing body of social change work using the Polarities of Democracy theory, the Walden University Library has created the Polarities of Democracy Collection. This is the first collection created under the banner of the Social Change Collection, which houses scholarly output of the Walden University community in order to generate, conserve, and transform knowledge to improve human and social conditions.
Social Change Research Using Polarities of Democracy Theory
Multiple research studies have been completed using the Polarities of Democracy theory, and additional studies are underway. This research is international in reach covering studies from California to Nigeria and from London to Bangladesh.