Week 4: Thinking about Power like a Movement or Lobby

Class Held In Person

Key questions:

What is the case study on which you will be working throughout the term?

What can we learn about KT by "thinking about power?"

Generating a Theory of Change:  Who has the power to make the change prescribed by the evidence?

Generating Tactics:  We are organizing Who to What End through How by When?

Class Slides

Readings

The following 2 readings give you foundational evidence and info about the case studies on which you will be working throughout the term.  Please skim them recalling the "highlights" that PK emphasized during the last seminar.

Dutton, D. J., et al. (2018). "Effect of provincial spending on social services and health care on health outcomes in Canada: an observational longitudinal study." Canadian Medical Association Journal 190(3): E66-71.

Kershaw, P. (2020). "A 'health in all policies' review of Canadian public finance." Canadian Journal of Public Health(111): 8-20.
    

The following 2 readings give a KT tool to develop a strong theory of change, along with the theoretical foundation for the development of this tool.  Note that the sections from the Organizing manual provide the foundation for your first assignment.

Ganz, Marshall, et al. "Organizing: People, Power & Change. Participant Guide." Dogwood Initiative, Stonehouse Institute, Desmog Canada, Leading Change Network.  Pages 36-59, with a particular focus on 36-50.

Ganz, Marshall. 2005. "Why David Sometimes Wins:  Strategic Capacity in Social Movements." In The Psychology of Leadership:  New Perspectives and Research, edited by David M Messick and Roderick M Kramer, Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates Inc, pp. 209-238.  Available at:  http://marshallganz.usmblogs.com/files/2012/08/Why-David-Sometimes-Wins-Strategic-Capacity-in-Social-Movements.pdf Links to an external site.

In class activity: 

Understanding the case study on which you will be working throughout the term.

Applying Ganz et al, pp 46-50, and 56-58 to develop a theory of change for your KT case study.  *Students will begin to design their KT strategy & kick-off activity. See "20 Questions" that are Assignment 1.  This work in class will contribute directly to Assignment 1.