Housing costs are skyrocketing in many American cities. In this talk, Dr. Einstein explores how political inequality in local politics makes it difficult to build new housing and reform housing policy. Using a mix of novel administrative data, indepth interviews, and archival evidence, she finds that local policies amplify the voices of older, privileged homeowners -and that reforming these policies is extraordinarily difficult.

Katherine Levine Einstein is an associate professor of political science at Boston University and a faculty fellow at the Initiative on Cities. Her research and teaching interests broadly include urban politics and policy, racial and ethnic politics, and American public policy.

She currently is one of the principal investigators of the Menino Survey of Mayors, a multi-year survey of U.S. mayors exploring a wide spectrum of political and policy issues. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation.

Part of the NEST Distinguished Speaker Series

Host:

Network for Economic & Social Trends

Contact:

Network for Economic & Social Trends
nestssc@uwo.ca

Event Type:

Lecture / Seminar

Audience:

Alumni, Faculty, Future Students, Graduate Students, Staff, Undergraduate Students, Professional Students, Postdocs, General Public

Department:

Faculty of Social Science, Social Science Lectures and Seminars