Instructor: Rachel Garshick Kleit kleit@u.washington.edu P: 206.221.3063 Office: Parrington 209C Office Hrs: Mondays 12:30-2pm and by appointment
Class Information: Class Meeting Times:
W 6-8:50 pm
Location:
BLM 211
PBAF 599— Autumn 2007
Schedule & Assignments
Topic
[E] = on E-reserves
1. Sept 26
What is social justice?
Making it personal?
Freedman, Samuel. 2003. "Introduction: John Rawls-An Overview," The
Cambridge companion to Rawls , edited by Samuel
Freeman ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press): 1-51.
[E]
Kymlicka, Will. 2002. "Civil Society and Government: A
Liberal-Egalitarian Perspective," and Civil Society
and Government , Nancy L. Rosenblum and Robert C.
Post, editors ( Princeton : Princeton University Press).
P. 79-110. [E ]
And the comment on Kymlicka: Galston, William A. 2002. "Liberal
Egalitarianism: A Family of Theories, not a Single View," in Civil
Society and Government , Nancy L. Rosenblum and Robert
C. Post, editors ( Princeton : Princeton University Press).
P. 111-122. [E]
Young, Iris Marion. 2006. Responsibility and Social Justice:
A Social Connection Model. Social Philosophy and Policy 23
(1): 102-130. [E]
Benhabib, Seyla. 2004. The Law of the Peoples ,
Distributive Justice, and Migrations. Fordham Law Review 72:
1761-1787. [E]
2. Oct 3
Valuing Racial School Integration,
or Not?
Supreme Court Decision re: Racial Tie Breakers in Seattle
and Louisville (June 28, 2007) United States Reports 551/2. [E] In
reading this legal document, pay attention to the history
of racial segregation and solutions to it in the U.S.,
and the essential legal protections that are being argued
by Justice Roberts (majority opinion), Kennedy (concurring
opinion), and Breyer (dissenting opinion).
Assorted media coverage, editorials, and letters to the
editor, April-July 2007, from the Seattle Times (pick
some to read) (Scan down the page for more readings as
well!):
Blum, Lawrence. 2002. "The Promise of Racial Integration
in a Multicultural Age," NOMOS XLIII: Moral and Political
Education Stephen Macedo and Tael Tamir, editors
( New York : New York University Press) p. 383-424. [E]
And comment by William A. Galston. 2002. "Individual Experience
and Social Policy: Thinking Practically about Overcoming
Racial and Ethnic Prejudice" in NOMOS XLIII: Moral
and Political Education Stephen Macedo and Tael Tamir,
editors ( New York : New York University Press) p. 425-433. [E]
3. Oct 10
Redistributive Justice
Lawrence Goodwyn. 1978. The Populist Moment. (Oxford
University Press).
Nozick, Robert. "An Entitlement Theory" in Clayton and
Williams pp. 85-109 [E]
4. Oct 17
Social Justice and Property
Rights: Housing Exclusion and Inclusion
Anderson, Elizabeth S. Against Luck Egalitarianism:
What is the Point of Equality? [E]
Briggs, Xavier de Souza. 2006. "2 More Puribus ,
Less Unum : The Changing Geography of Race and
Opportunity ." The Geography of Opportunity: Race and
Housing Choice in Metropolitan America . P. 17-41. [E]
Pendall, Rolf, Arthur C. Nelson, Casey Dawkins, and Gerrit
J. Knapp. 2006. "10 Connecting Smart Growth, Housing Affordability,
and Racial Equity." The Geography of Opportunity: Race
and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America . P. 219-246 [E]
Blackwell, Angela Glover and Judith Bell. 2006. "13 Equitable
Development for a Stronger Nation: Lessons from the Field." The
Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan
America . p. 289-309 [E]
Hoch, Charles. 2007. "How Plan Mandates Work - Affordable
Housing in Illinois ," Journal of the American Planning
Association 73 (1):86-99. [E]
Cowan, Spencer. 2006. " Anti-snob Land Use Laws, Suburban
Exclusion, and Housing Opportunity ," Journal of Urban
Affairs 28 (3); 295-313. [E]
McCann, Jason. 2006. "Pushing Growth Share: Can Inclusionary
Zoning Fix What is Broken with New Jersey 's Mount Laurel
Doctrine?" Rutgers Law Review 59 (1): 191-219. [E]
Other readings tba.
5. Oct 24
The Disability Rights Movement
Failer, Judith Lynn.2002. Introduction, Chapters 1 and
2. Who Qualifies for Rights: Homelessness, Mental
Illness, and Civil Commitment [E]
Other readings TBA.
6. Oct 31
Women and Social Justice
Casa Amiga (Electronic Hallway Case) [E]
Ruwanpura, Kanchana N. 2007. Awareness and Action: the
ethno-gender dynamics of Sri Lanken NGOs. Gender Place
and Culture 14(3): 317-333. [E]
Leve, L. 2007. “Failed Development” and Rural Revolution
in Nepal : Rethinking Subatlern Consciousness and Women's
Empowerment.” Anthropological Quarterly 80(1): 127-172. [E]
Agyeman, Julian and Tom Evans. 2003. Toward just sustainability
in urban communities: building equity rights with sustainable
solutions. Annals of the American Academy of Political
Science 590:35-53. [E]
Other Readings TBA.
8. Nov 14
New Orleans and
Hurricane Katrina: What's Next
Plans Versus Politics: New Orleans After Katrina .
Kennedy School of Government Case 1862. (Available for
purchase from http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu)
Hartman and Squires. 2006. There In No Such Thing
as a Natural Disaster [E]:
Chapter 1 Pre-Katrina, Post-Katrina
Chapter 4 Towards a
Transformative View of Race
Chapter 5 Abandoned Before the
Storms
Chapter 8 Reclaiming
New Orleans Working Class Communities
Chapter 14 Rebuilding
a Tortured Past or Creating a Model Future.
Ingram, Helen M. and Schneider, Ann L. 2005. "Introduction:
Public Policy and the Social Construction of Deservedness" in Deserving
and Entitled: Social Constructions and Public Policy ,
Ingram and Schneider, eds. p. 1-33. [E]
