Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:15pm to 1:30pm
About this Event
650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
#PriceResearchUSC 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:
Discussant:
Professor Marlon Boarnet
USC Price School of Public Policy
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