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USC Urban Growth Seminar

 

Speaker:

Dr. Karen Trapenberg Frick

Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Director, University of California Transportation Center

 

Hyper-political polarization across the developed world is reshaping public sector decision making.  New tactical coalitions of “strange bedfellow” conservative and progressive allies have emerged to advocate for policy change, including infrastructure and transportation. Some might view these as unholy alliances where participants make deals with the devil or lend one’s enemies undue legitimacy. However, when alliances emerge, public officials and the citizenry are challenged to not dismiss an enemy outright if such divergent activists can agree on matters of substance and process. Coalition actors range from everyday citizens to high-profile public figures. They also widely use the internet and social media to mobilize and facilitate communication between their networks and beyond.

 

Liberals and Conservatives: An Unholy Alliance?

 

How do these tactical coalitions emerge, interact and evolve over time? What are their areas of common ground? And, what traditional and digitally-based strategies do coalition actors use to facilitate mobilization and market their cause?

 

Dr. Karen Trapenberg Frick has been studying tactical coalitions and written award-winning research on the topic. She is on faculty at UC Berkeley in the Department of City and Regional Planning and Director of the University of California Transportation Center.

 

Organizers:

  • Professor Dowell Myers
  • Angela Lucero

 

Discussant:

Professor Marlon Boarnet

USC Price School of Public Policy

 

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