March 28, 2024

In favor of policy prescriptions

In today’s posts, Eric Reeves and Erin Mazursky both argue forcefully that “noise” is not enough. In contrast to Marc Gustafson’s post yesterday, which suggested that SDC advocates may have transitioned from noise-making to policy recommendations too quickly, Reeves argues that they didn’t move quickly enough. Mazursky adds to the mix a point that I am also coming upon time and time again – namely that independent of its impact on the policy process, advocates may need to have policy prescriptions in order to sustain a movement. If there is no reasonable sounding pathway to improving he situation, then what is the incentive for citizens to get engaged in the first place?

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