Some things I’ve put out into the world.
Horvath, Aaron. 2024. “Philanthropy by the Numbers: Measurable Impact and Its Civic Discontents.” The Hedgehog Review 26(3, In Need of Repair): 94–107 (link)
Horvath, Aaron. 2024. “Building Solidarity for Transformative Social Change.” Stanford Social Innovation Review (link)
Horvath, Aaron and Micah McElroy. 2024. “How Trust Works and To Whom It Is Owed.” Bridgespan Insights (link)
Brown, Maoz (Michael) and Aaron Horvath. 2024. “Charity Navigator’s Ratings Are Inherently Flawed. Here’s a Simple Solution.” The Chronicle of Philanthropy (link)
Horvath, Aaron. 2023. “Civil Society By The Numbers? Nonprofits, Accountability, and the Creative Politics of Quantitative Discipline.” HistPhil.org (link)
Horvath, Aaron and Micah McElroy. 2023. “Good Apples from a Rotten Tree.” Alliance Magazine (June): 52–55 (link)
Horvath, Aaron. 2023. “Your Package Has Been Delivered.” Current Affairs 8(2): 32–36 (link)
Brandtner, Christof, Walter W. Powell, and A. Horvath. 2023. “From iron cage to glass house: Repurposing of bureaucratic management and the turn to openness.” Organization Studies (online first, pdf)
Horvath, Aaron. 2023. “Organizational supererogation and the transformation of nonprofit accountability.” American Journal of Sociology 128(4):1031–1036 (pdf)
- Granovetter Award, Honorable Mention, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (2024)
- Scott Award, Honorable Mention, Occupations, Organizations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association (2024)
- Burt Award, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (2020)
- Shils–Coleman Award, Theory Section of the American Sociological Association (2020)
Horvath, Aaron. 2022. “Counting Alone?” pp 26–30 in Lucy Bernholz (ed.) Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2023 (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron, and Jean Lin. 2022. Statement for the Record, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Hearing on Examining Charitable Giving and Trends in the Nonprofit Sector, March 17, 2022 (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron, and Jean Lin. 2021. “Innovative Inclusion or Civic Exclusion? The Response of Nonprofit Organizations to the COVID-19 Pandemic” Final report to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron. 2021. From the Socialism of Intelligence to the Aristocracy of Knowledge: Administrative Practice and Political Authority in American Democracy, 1905–1921. Doctoral Dissertation, Stanford University (pdf)
- Chap. 1. Democracy and its Administrative Contradictions (pdf)
- Chap. 2. “The City Invites You To See How Your Money Is Spent” (pdf)
- Chap. 3. A Mistaken Theory of Government (pdf)
- Chap. 4. College Boy Versus Jasper Gerflump, or, Budgeting and Responsible Citizenship (pdf)
- Chap. 5. Toward An Organizational Sociology Of Democracy (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron and Jean Lin. 2020. “How Civic Organizations Are Helping to Fight COVID-19.” Boston Review
Horvath, Aaron, and Walter W. Powell. 2020. “Seeing Like a Philanthropist: From the Business of Benevolence to the Benevolence of Business” in The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, Stanford University Press (pdf)
Brandtner, Christof, Horvath, Aaron, Laryea, Krystal., Powell, Walter W., Trinh, Elizabeth., Wei, Qian., & Zhao, Yi. 2020. Survey of civil society organizations in San Francisco Bay Area (3rd wave) [dataset]. Civic Life of Cities Lab at Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. (link)
Horvath, Aaron. 2020. “Seeing Like a Philanthropist: An organizational sociology of philanthropic history” HistPhil.org (link)
Horvath, Aaron. 2020. “History and Challenges of American Philanthropy: A Primer.” The James Irvine Foundation (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron. 2019. “Disappearing the People: Democracy’s Org Chart.” Baruch College, An Adventure in Democracy
Horvath, Aaron. 2019. “Common Measures and the Common Good.“ Invited essay, Network for European Foundations, Redefining Pursuit of the Common Good (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron. 2019. “The Transformative Potential of Experience: Learning, Group Dynamics, and the Development of Civic Virtue in a Mobile Soup Kitchen.” Voluntas 31:981-994 (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron, Christof Brandtner, Walter W. Powell. 2018. “Serve or Conserve: Mission, Strategy, and Multi-Level Nonprofit Change During the Great Recession” Voluntas 29(5): 976-993 (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron. 2018. “Ideals of Order: The social transformation of good government in the United States, 1870-1969.” Working paper (pdf)
Horvath, Aaron, and Walter W. Powell. 2016. ”Contributory or Disruptive: Do New Forms of Philanthropy Erode Democracy?” in Philanthropy in Democratic Societies, Chicago University Press (pdf)
- Featured on The Philanthropy Project’s “Worth Reading” page (link)
Horvath, Aaron. 2016. “Disruptive Philanthropy?” HistPhil.org (link)
Powell, Walter W., Aaron Horvath, Christof Brandtner. 2016. “Click and Mortar: Organizations on the Web.” Research in Organizational Behavior 36:101–20 (pdf)
Young, Cristobal, and Aaron Horvath. 2015. ”Sociologists need to be better at replication” OrgTheory.net
Horvath, Aaron. 2013. “Deterring Gang Violence by Building Connections Across Crews.” Urban Wire
Parker, Scott, Kamala Mallik-Kane, and Aaron Horvath. 2013. “Opportunities for Information Sharing to Enhance Health and Public Safety Outcomes.” Criminal Justice and Health Collaboration Project
Schaenman, Phil and Aaron Horvath. 2013. “Opportunities for Police Cost Savings Without Sacrificing Service Quality: Reducing Fuel Consumption.” Urban Institute
Jannetta, Jesse, S. Rebecca Neusteter, Elizabeth Davies, and Aaron Horvath. 2012. “Transition from Prison to Community Initiative: Process Evaluation Final Report.” Urban Institute
Fontaine, Jocelyn, Douglas Gilchrist-Scott , and Aaron Horvath. 2012. “Supportive Housing for the Disabled Reentry Population.” Urban Institute
Jannetta, Jesse, and Aaron Horvath. 2012. “Surveying the Field: State-Level Findings from the 2008 Parole Practices Survey.” Urban Institute