Schedule

All materials are available to us for free. Articles and book chapters will be made available on Perusall.

8/23: Why Imagining? What is Equity?

• Octavia Butler. 2005. “The Book of Martha.” Bloodchild and Other Stories. Seven Stories Press.
• Deborah A. Stone. 2011. Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, 3rd Edition. Chapter 2: Equity

8/30: What is Equity? Defining Equity in Action

• Anna Brand. 2015. “The Politics of Defining and Building Equity in the Twenty-First Century.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 35: 249-264.
• Melissa Leach, Belinda Reyers, Xuemei Bai, Eduardo S. Brondizio, Christina Cook, Sandra Díaz, Giovana Espindola, Michelle Scobie, Mark Stafford-Smith and Suneetha M Subramanian. 2018. “Equity and Sustainability in the Anthropocene: A Social–Ecological Systems Perspective on Their Intertwined Futures.” Global Sustainability 1: 1-13.
• Kim Stanley Robinson. 2020. The Ministry for the Future. Chapters 11, 16, 20, 30.

In class: Coding scheme creation, Initial team formation

9/6: Problem Definitions and Problem Representations

• Carol Bacchi and Susan Goodwin. 2016. Poststructural Policy Analysis: A Guide to Practice. Palgrave. Chapter 2: Making Politics Visible: The WPR Approach
• W.E.B. DuBois. 1897. “The Strivings of the Negro People.” The Atlantic.
• Daniel Greene. 2021. The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope. Introduction.

In class: Problem representation exercise

Due: Individual Equity Action Plan coding

9/13: Social Constructions and Policy Framing

• Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram. 1993. “Social Construction of Target Populations: Implications for Politics and Policy.” The American Political Science Review 87(2): 334-347
• Moira O’Neil and Julie Sweetland. 2018. Piecing it together: A framing playbook for affordable housing advocates. Washington, DC: FrameWorks Institute.
• Ursula K. Le Guin. 1973/1975. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” The Winds Twelve Quarters. Harper & Row.

In class: Social constructions exercise

9/20: Equity Assessment: Tools and Measurement

• Office of Management and Budget. 2021. Study to Identify Methods to Assess Equity: Report to the President. Pgs 12-48.
• Carlos Martin and Jamal Lewis. 2019. “The State of Equity Measurement: A Review for Energy-Efficiency Programs.” Urban Institute, pgs. 1-34.
• Julie Nelson and Lisa Brooks. 2016. Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity. Government Alliance on Race & Equity.

Due: Team Equity Action Plan Analysis, Friday, 9/23

9/27: Equity Assessment: Evaluation

• Frank Farrow and Sarah Morrison. 2019. “Placing Equity Concerns at the Center of Knowledge Development. Center for the Study of Social Policy.
• Patricia Rogers. 2016. “Understanding and Supporting Equity: Implications of Methodological and Procedural Choices in Equity-Focused Evaluation.” In Evaluation for an Equitable Society, Donaldson and Picciotto (eds.).
• We All Count Blog posts (Heather Krause)
  • Better for Who?
  • How to Make the Shift to Equitable Evaluation
  • Framing Research Questions that Reflect Who Is Expected to Change

In class: Assessment exercise

In class: team formation

10/4: Reading Day

Due: Individual Policy Assessment pre-brief sketch, Friday, 10/7

10/11: Equity Assessment: Communication and Framing

• Rebecca C. Hetey and Jennifer L. Eberhardt. 2018. “The Numbers Don’t Speak for Themselves: Racial Disparities and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Justice System.” Current Directions in Psychological Science 27: 183–187.
• Allison L. Skinner-Dorkenoo, Apoorva Sarmal, Kasheena G. Rogbeer, Chloe J. Andr ́e, Bhumi Patea, Leah Cha. 2022. “Highlighting COVID-19 Racial Disparities Can Reduce Support for Safety Precautions among White U.S. Residents.” Social Science & Medicine 301: 1-8.
• Miles Corak. 2016. “‘Inequality is the root of social evil,’ or Maybe Not? Two Stories about Inequality and Public Policy.” Canadian Public Policy 42: 367–414.

In class: Communication exericse

10/18: Policy Tools

• Lester Salamon. 2002. The New Governance and the Tools of Public Action: An Introduction. Chapter 1
• Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee, and Jun Jie Woo. 2015. “From Tools to Toolkits in Policy Design Studies: The New Policy Design Orientation Toward Policy Formulation Research.” Policy & Politics 43: 291–311.

In class: Team peer feedback

10/25: Policy Paradigms

• Elizabeth Popp Berman. 2021. Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy. Chapter 1: Thinking Like an Economist
• Lydia DePillis. 2022. “Pace of Climate Change Sends Economists Back to Drawing Board." The New York Times, August 25, 2022.
• Kim Stanley Robinson. 2020. The Ministry for the Future. Chapters 32, 40, 67, 76.

In class: TBD exercise

11/1: Policy Signals

• Pamela Herd and Donald P. Moynihan. 2018. Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means. Russell Sage Foundation. Introduction or Chapter 1.
• Annie Lowrey. 2021. “The Time Tax.” The Atlantic. July 27, 2021.
• Steven Rathgeb Smith and Helen M. Ingram. 2002. “Rethinking Policy Analysis: Citizens, Community, and the Restructuring of Public Services.” The Good Society 11(1): 55-60.

In class: Team presentations

11/8: Election Day

Due: Policy Assessment Brief, Friday, 11/11

11/15: Policy Process and Participation

Cancelled

• Michael Parenti. 1970. “Power and Pluralism: A View from the Bottom.” The Journal of Politics 32(3):501-530.
• Archon Fung. 2002. “Creating Deliberative Publics: Governance After Devolution and Democratic Centralism.” The Good Society 11(1): 66-71.

11/22: Group work day

11/29: Policy Communication and Accountability

• Michael Parenti. 1970. “Power and Pluralism: A View from the Bottom.” The Journal of Politics 32(3):501-530.
• Jerusalem Demsas. 2022. “Community Input is Bad, Actually.” The Atlantic.

12/6: In Conclusion

• Fung, Archon, Hollie Russon Gilman, and Mark Schmitt. 2022. “Strengthening Models of Civic Engagement: Community-Informed Approaches to Inclusive and Equitable Decision-Making.” New America and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Neil Gaiman. 1990. “A Dream of a Thousand Cats.” The Sandman.
• Franny Choi. 2018. “Introduction to Quantum Theory; a Brief but Spectacular take on Imagining Alternate Realities." PBS NewsHour, Brief but Spectacular.

Due: Policy Communication Example, Tuesday, 12/6