NAMING IT
What is the deliberate process that is not policy reform, but a deconstruction of the state from the inside, out?
Ungoverning
Name two elements of Ungoverning.
Attacks expertise, attacks regular process, replaces institutional rule with personal, etc
Name as many solutions as you can from the reading and our presentation IN 10s
HINT: there is an amount you need to gain the points
NEED MINIMUM 3 TO GET POINTS
1) Rehabilitate State Capacity
2) Civic Edcuation
3) Restore Legitimacy
The administrative state is responsible for _______
BONUS: It is also known as the ______
Agencies that shape, implement, adjudicate, and enforce public policies (expertise)
Bonus: fourth branch
Ungoverning uses _____ and ____ as tools
*Specific to personal will*
BONUS: how?
Polarization and theatrics
BONUS: Personal rule is accompanied by false claims and appearances
Theatrics staged events that only mimic managing the business of government: events at factories that were never built, summits that did not take place, “fake signing ceremonies”
While doing the Macarena (whole team), explain recognizing civil servants' invisible work is important in combating ungovernance
Institutional memory, preventing, responding, and anticipating risks that the public takes for granted.
T/F: Ungoverning is the same as Purposeful Deregulation
FALSE
T/F: Ungovernance is always intentional sabotage of state capacity by politicians
TRUE
T/F: Knowing how a bill is made is enough to fight ungovernance
FALSE
While hopping on one foot (whole team), Explain the difference between Ungoverning vs. Policy Reform
Ungoverning: leaders deliberately sabotage government capacity to replace with personal will,
Policy reform: intentional, constructive change of policies to improve governance and public outcomes
Explain the difference between attacking expertise vs. attacking regular process
Expertise: disregarding professional recommendation
Regular Process: Bypassing bureaucratic processes that legitimize the administrative state
Recent news of ABC indefinitely suspending "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", and reinstating the show after backlash, is an example of the solution of _____
Media literacy
Apply ungoverning to a current event from the news in the last 6 months
BONUS: If it is not in our presentation thus far
Examples: cutting federal funding for welfare programs, eliminating federal governments
Explain RFK Jr's involvement as the secretary of the HHS - overseeing the FDA in the context of ungoverning.
Attacking expertise - Layoff of staff, suggesting department elimination (Nutritional Department)
Personal will - history of vaccine skepticism
Public trust in FDA declines
What will increasing media literacy do to combat ungovernance?
OR can you make up your own solution that we may have missed?
Allow people to better identify misinformation and agendas that justify ungoverning