Equity & Inclusion: Local Policy-Driven Strategies for Economic Development & the Just City

Readings

Week #	Topics	Readings
1	Planning as Theory & Practice	Tuesday: Forester, John. 1993. Critical Theory, Public Policy, and Planning Practice: Toward a Critical Pragmatism. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1–34. ISBN: 9780791414453. Fainstein, Susan. 2010. The Just City. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Introduction and Chapter 1, 1–56. ISBN: 9780801476907. Sandercock, Leonie. 1998. Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities. Chichester: Wiley. 129–159. ISBN: 9780471971986. King, Martin Luther. 1963. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in Rieder, Jonathan, Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle that Changed a Nation. 2013. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press. ISBN: 9781620400593. Optional: Gans, Herbert J. 1991. People, Plans and Policies: Essays on Poverty, Racism and other National Urban Problems. New York: Basic Books. ISBN: 9780231074032. Klemek, Christopher. 2011. The Transatlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 9780226005959. Thursday: Marcuse, Peter. 2009. “From Critical Urban Theory to the Right to the City.” City 13(2–3), 185–197. Giloth, Robert P. 2007. “Investing in Equity: Targeted Economic Development for Neighborhoods and Cities” and “Full Employment and Local Workforce Politics and Policies” in Bennett, Michael I.J. and Robert P. Giloth (eds.), Economic Development in American Cities: the Pursuit of an Equity Agenda. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN: 9780791471333. Davidoff, Paul and Thomas Reiner. 1962. “A Choice Theory of Planning.” Journal of the American Institute of Planners 28(2), 103–115. Gilmore, Ruth Wilson. 2002. “Fatal Couplings of Power and Difference: Notes on Racism and Geography.” Professional Geographer 54(11), 15–24. Optional: Scott, James C. 1998. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN: 9780300070163.
2	Urbanization & Globalization: Lessons from the Rise & Fall of the Industrial City	Tuesday: Castells, Manuel et al. 2017. Another Economy Is Possible: Culture And Economy In A Time Of Crisis. Cambridge: Polity Press. Introduction (1-4) and Conclusion (205–214). ISBN: 9781509517213. Davis, Diane. 2005. “Cities in a Global Context: A Brief Intellectual History.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 29(1), 92–109. Sassen, Saskia. 2005. “The Global City: Introducing a Concept (PDF).” Brown Journal of Urban Affairs XI(2), 27–43. Storper, Michael et al., 2015. The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies. Palo Alto: Stanford Press. Chapters 2, 9, 10. ISBN: 9781503600669. Optional: Soja, Edward W. 1989. “Urban and Regional Debates: The First Round” in Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory. London: Verso. 94–117. ISBN: 9781844676699. Thursday: Small, Mario Luis and Katherine Newman. 2001. “Urban Poverty after the Truly Disadvantaged: The Rediscovery of the Family, the Neighborhood, and Culture.” Annual Review of Sociology 27, 23–45. Small, Mario Luis, Robert A. Manduca, and William R. Johnston. 2018. “Ethnography, Neighborhood Effects, and the Rising Heterogeneity of Poor Neighborhoods across Cities.” City & Community 17(3). Harvey, David. 1992. “Social Justice, Postmodernism and the City.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 16(4), 588–601. Optional: Moskowitz, Peter. 2017. How to Kill A City: Gentrification, Inequality and the Fight for the Neighborhood. New York: Nation Books. ISBN: 9781568589039.
3	U.S. Urban Social Movements and New Space Claims	Tuesday:  Anderson, Martin. 1963. The Federal Bulldozer: A Critical Analysis of Urban Renewal, 1949–1962. “Introduction: Renewal by Government Decree,” “The Consequences,” “Urban Renewal and the Constitution.” Cambridge: MIT Press. 1–14; 52–72; 183–193. ISBN: 9780262010115.  Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta. 2016. From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation. Chicago: Haymarket Books. 191–219. ISBN: 9781608465620. Diaz, David. 2005. Barrio Urbanism: Chicanos, Planning, and American Cities. “Barrio Logic and the Consolidation of Chicanas/os in the City, 1945–1975.” New York: Routledge. 49–62. ISBN: 9780415945424.  Davis, Diane E. 2006. “Conflict, Cooperation, Convergence: Globalization and the Politics of Downtown Development in Mexico City” in Harland Prechel (ed.), Politics and Globalization (Research in Political Sociology vol. 15). 139–174. ISBN: 9780762313167. Triece, Mary. 2016. Urban Renewal and Resistance: Race, Space, and the City in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century. London: Lexington Books. 9–27. ISBN: 9780739193839. Optional: Incite! (ed.). 2017. The Revolution will not be Funded: Beyond the Non-profit Industrial Complex. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 9780822369004. Thursday: Harris, Fredrick C. 2002. “Collective Memory, Collective Action and Black Activism in the 1960s” in Minow, Martha (ed.), Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law, and Repair. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 154–169. ISBN: 9780691096636. Fraser, Nancy. 2013. Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis. New York: Verso. Chapters 9 and 10. ISBN: 9781844679843. Optional: Lanier, Jaron. 2013. Who Owns the Future? New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 9781451654974.
4	Community Development at the Bargaining Table	Tuesday: Euchner, Charles C. and Stephen J. McGovern. 2003. “Economic Development and the Construction of Opportunity” in Urban Policy Reconsidered: Dialogues on the Problems and Prospects of American Cities. New York: Routledge. 93–134. ISBN: 9780415944717. Saito, Leland T. 2012. “How Low-Income Residents Can Benefit from Urban Development: The LA Live Community Benefits Agreement.” City & Community 11(2), 129–150. Wolf-Powers, Laura. 2010. “Community Benefits Agreements and Local Government.” Journal of the American Planning Association 76(2), 141–159.  Thursday: Garland, Liam and Susie Suafai. 2002. “Getting to the Table: A Project Labor Agreement Primer (PDF).” National Economic Development & Law Center. DeFilippis, James. 2004. Unmaking Goliath: Community Control In The Face Of Global Capital. New York: Routledge. Chapter 2. ISBN: 9780415945257. Lemann, Nicholas. 1994. “The Myth of Community Development.” The New York Times, 1/9/1994. Belongie, Nicholas and Robert Mark Silverman. 2018. “Model CBAs and Community Benefits Ordinances as Tools for Negotiating Equitable Development: Three Critical Cases.” Journal of Community Practice 26(3), 308–327. Optional: Saito, Leland and Jonathan Truong. 2015. “The L.A. Live Community Benefits Agreement: Evaluating the Agreement Results and Shifting Political Power in the City.” Urban Affairs Review 51(2), 263–289. Porter, Michael E. 1995. “The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City.” Harvard Business Review 73(3), 55–71. Porter, Michael E. 2010. “Anchor Institutions and Urban Economic Development: From Community Benefit to Shared Value (PDF).”
5	Equity & Inclusion Plans	Tuesday: Fairchild, Denise and Kalima Rose. 2018. “Inclusive Procurement And Contracting: Building a Field of Policy and Practice (PDF)” Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. 2018. “Annual Report to Congress (PDF).” Washington, DC: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Insight Center for Community Economic Development. 2016. “Contracting for Equity: Best Local Government Practices that Advance Racial Equity in Government Contracting and Procurement (PDF).” Doussard, Marc. 2015. “Equity Planning Outside City Hall: Rescaling Advocacy to Confront the Sources of Urban Problems.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 35(3), 296–306. City of Boston Executive Order Promoting Racial Equity (2019). City of Boston Economic Equity & Inclusion Agenda (PDF) (2016). Optional: Slowey, Kim. 2017. “The Dotted Line: How Contractors Can Navigate Local Hiring Requirements.” ConstructionDive.com, 11/14/2017. Milbes, Alaa. 2017. “Trump administration drops local hire program that would have employed hundreds of thousands of Americans in their own communities.” Jobs to Move America.org, 8/24/2017. Reynoso, Elizabeth and Kristen Scheyder. 2017. “Five Cities that are Buying into Equity.” LivingCities.org, 6/22/2017. Edelman, Daniel and Hanna Azemati. 2017. “Improving Government Vendor Diversity (PDF).” Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab. Thursday: Lingane, Alison. 2015. “Bay Area Blueprint: Worker Cooperatives as a Community Economic Development Strategy (PDF).” Carolina Planning Journal 40, 19–28. Camou, Michelle. 2016. “Cities Developing Worker Coops: Efforts in Ten Cities.” Medina, OH: Imagined Economy Project. 1–35. Spicer, Jason. 2017. “The French Connection: Cooperatives at the Heart of the Social and Solidarity Economy.” Community Innovators Lab Radio at MIT, 6/1/2017. Schlachter, Laura Hanson. 2017. “Stronger Together? The USW-Mondragon Union Co-op Model.” Labor Studies Journal 42(2), 124–147. Barker, Rachel and Fred Dews. 2018. “How Cities are Creating Inclusive Economies.” Brookings Inclusive Economic Development Lab. 1/26/2018. Shearer, Chad and Alan Berube. 2017. “The Surprisingly Short list of US metro areas achieving inclusive economic growth.” The Brookings Institution, 4/27/2017.
6	Race & Gender (Based) Approaches to Equity	Tuesday: State of New York MWBE Supplier Diversity Program. Insight Center for Community Economic Development. 2007. “State Policies and Programs for Minority and Women-Business Development (PDF).”
7	Race & Gender (Neutral) Approaches to Equity	Tuesday: Lanoue, George and John C. Sullivan. 1995. “Race Neutral Programs in Public Contracting.” Public Administration Review 55(4), 348–356. Oakland: City of Oakland Contracts & Compliance Division website. Bay Area Business Roundtable. 2014. “Making the Grade: Contracting with Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses (PDF).” City of Oakland Quarterly Economic Dashboard (2018). Kansas City/St. Louis: City of Kansas City Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise website. City of St. Louis Equity Indicators Baseline Report (2018).
8	Environmental Justice & Equity Planning	Tuesday: Atlanta BeltLine website. PolicyLink. 2013. “New Orleans Fast-Tracks Equitable Transit Investment (PDF).” America’s Tomorrow: Equity is the Superior Growth Model. Schweitzer, Lisa E. 2016. “Tracing the Justice Conversation After ‘Green Cities, Growing Cities’.” Journal of the American Planning Association 82(4), 374–379. Bullard, Robert D. 1996. “Environmental Justice: It’s More Than Waste Facility Siting.” Social Science Quarterly 77(3), 493–499. Bullard, Robert D. (ed.). 1994. Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN: 9780871563804.  Environmental Justice Networks: Indigenous Environmental Network website. Green City Force website. “Our Road to Victory on a Green New Deal.” Sunrise Movement.org. Optional: Scruggs, Gregory. 2018. “A Bus Tour through the Past, Present and Future of Environmental Justice.” NextCity.org, 9/14/2018.
9	Cultural Heritage & Preservation	Tuesday: Loulanksi, Tolina. 2006. “Cultural Heritage in Socioeconomic Development: Local and Global Perspectives.” Environments 34(2), 51–69. Clarion Associates. 2011. “The Economic Power of Heritage in Place: How Historic Preservation is Building a Sustainable Future in Colorado (PDF).” Preservation Virginia. 2017. “The Economic Impact of Heritage Tourism in Virginia (PDF).” Thursday: U.S. Dept of Commerce. 2005. “A Position Paper on Cultural & Heritage Tourism in the United States (PDF).” Weeksville Heritage Center website.
10	Arts Planning & Economic Development	Tuesday: Florida, Richard. 2002. The Rise of the Creative Class. New York: Basic Books. ISBN: 9780465024766. National Governors Association. 2012. “New Engines of Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture and Design (PDF).” Grodach, Carl. 2008. “Looking beyond Image and Tourism: The Role of Flagship Cultural Projects in Local Arts Development.” Planning, Practice, & Research. 23(4), 495–516. Cambridge Uncovered (Cambridge Community Television). 2015. “Central Square - Cultural Arts District” (video).  Shanks, Adam and Scott Stafford. 2017. “Economic Impacts Spilling Outside Mass MOCA.” Berkshire Eagle, 5/28/2017.  Thursday: Boston Creates Cultural Plan (2016). City of Chicago Cultural Plan (PDF) (2012).
11	Commercial Development & Commercial Values in the Neighborhood	Tuesday:  Woo, Roosten, Meredith TenHoor, and Damon Rich. 2010. Street Value: Shopping, Planning and Politics at Fulton Mall. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN: 9781568988979. Thursday: Peters, Allen and Peter Fisher. 2004. “The Failures of Economic Development Incentives (PDF).” Journal of the American Planning Association 70(1), 27–37. Clark, Terry Nichols. 2004. “Urban Amenities: Lakes, Opera, and Juice Bars: Do They Drive Development?” in Clark, Terry Nichols (ed.), The City as an Entertainment Machine. Lanham: Lexington Books. 103–140. ISBN: 9780739124222. Glaeser, Edward L., Jed Kolko, and Albert Saiz. 2004. “Consumers and Cities” in Clark (ed.), The City as an Entertainment Machine. 135–141. ISBN: 9780739124222.
12	Toward Control: Social Enterprise as Development	Tuesday: “Haley House uses the power of food to build community in Boston” (video). Faraone, Chris. 2016. “50 Years of Yeast and Love: An Oral History of Haley House.” Digboston.com, 11/23/2016. Thursday:  Choi, David Y. and Fred Kiesner. 2007. “Homeboy Industries: An Incubator of Hope and Businesses.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 31(5), 769–786. Ferguson, Kristin M. 2007. “Implementing a Social Enterprise Intervention with Homeless, Street-Living Youths in Los Angeles.” Social Work 52(2), 103–112. Sciacca, Annie. 2018. “Red Bay Coffee: Behind the Success of African American-Owned Starbucks Alternative.” Mercury News, 5/1/2018. Rodriguez, Ashley. 2017. “10 Minutes With Keba Konte, Owner of Red Bay Coffee.” Barista Magazine, 2/23/2017. Optional: Chiapas Photography Project website.
13	Public Roundtable	No readings assigned.
14	Final Presentations	No readings assigned.