Representative bureaucracy and philanthropy

Readings and class materials for Thursday, October 23, 2025

Readings

•  Johanna Thoma, “Social Science, Policy and Democracy,” Philosophy & Public Affairs 52, no. 1 (January 2024): 5–41, https://doi.org/10.1111/papa.12250.

•  Alexander Sahn, “Public Comment and Public Policy,” American Journal of Political Science, August 31, 2024, ajps.12900, https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12900.

•  Norma M. Riccucci and Gregg G. Van Ryzin, “Representative Bureaucracy: A Lever to Enhance Social Equity, Coproduction, and Democracy,” Public Administration Review 77, no. 1 (2017): 21–30, https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12649.

•  Cynthia Gibson, “Participatory Grantmaking: Has Its Time Come?” (Ford Foundation, October 2017), https://www.fordfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/participatory_grantmaking-lmv7.pdf.