Books

The Speaker of the House of Representatives (1896)

Follett’s first book, her Radcliff thesis. Reissued in 1909. Download here.

The New State (1918)

Follett’s seminal work on democracy. Most recently re-issued by Penn State Press in 1998 with forwards by Benjamin Barber, Kevin Mattson, and Jane Mansbridge, the work is also easily available in print-on-demand editions. Download here.

Creative Experience (1924)

Follett’s third full-length work, Creative Experience is centered on the themes of integration and circular response, the reciprocal dynamic that characterizes all real-world interaction between people, their groups, and all social relationships. Full of anecdotes from Follett’s work in the field, this book continues to extend Follett’s insights to diverse fields, including law and democracy. Download here.

Dynamic Administration (1940) (posthumous published collection)

Dynamic Administration is comprised of collected papers of Follett that was published seven years after her death. Available digitally at https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.18299  Several of the best-known papers included as chapters in this book are:

  • Constructive Conflict
  • The Giving of Orders
  • Power
  • The Psychology of Control
  • Leader and Expert
Freedom and Coordination (1949) (posthumously published collection)

Freedom and Coordination is comprised of the following papers by Follett:

  • The Illusion of Final Authority
  • The Giving of Orders
  • The Basis of Authority
  • The Essentials of Leadership
  • Co-Ordination
  • The Process of Control

Available in print in original or later editions.

Articles

“The Social Centre and the Democratic Ideal” (1913). Transcript and original as published in the Ford Hall Forum newsletter.

“Evening Recreation Centers” (1913). Published in The Playground, VI:10, January 1913.

“Community is a Process” (1919). Published in Philosophical Review. Available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2178307?seq=1

“The Teacher-Student Relation” (1928). An address at Boston University, published in Administrative Science Quarterly in 1970. Available through JSTOR at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2391484

This listing will be updated in the near future.