Reports & Documents

Publications & White Papers

Browse EDI's catalog of the research and writing we have commissioned from expert researchers and practitioners.

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EDI Document

Empowering Democracy Initiative Framework: A Guide for Power-Shifting Policies

This document lays out EDI's framework for how policymakers can design, implement, and evaluate power-shifting policies along with examples.

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White Paper

Entrenching Incumbent Power: Medicare Advantage, Part D, and the Politics of Health Reform

This white paper examines the consequences of the failure to consider power and power-shifting in Medicare policy during the Biden-Harris Administration.

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White Paper

Community Action as Durable Collective Power: Revisiting Maximum Feasible Participation's Legacies to Deepen Democracy Today

This white paper explores the contemporary lessons from investments in the War on Poverty for building durable organized community power. This paper is part of a larger project exploring the lessons for the War on Poverty for understanding public participation, power-building, and program delivery with the Roosevelt Institute.

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White Paper

The President's Budget as a Vehicle for Strengthening Democracy

This white paper argues that the annual federal budget planning process coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget could be an ideal vehicle for embedding power analysis and power-shifting planning into government in a future administration.

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White Paper

Breaking Power to Build Democracy

Taking stock of campaigns against the tobacco industry and predatory landlords, this white paper explores strategies to deconstruct the concentrated power of corporate actors who are undermining Americans' wellbeing and democracy.

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White Paper

Building Civil Society Capacity to Rebuild State Capacity: Lessons for Future Federal Administrations

This white paper explores how the federal government can partner with community-based organizations to expand government capacity for implementing programs and enforcing rights while building durable community voice and power. This paper is jointly commissioned with Workshop.

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White Paper

Using Public Policy to Build Collective Power

Through case studies of tenant and consumer organizing, this white paper outlines the policy design features that can build organized movement power.

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