Lawrence Lessig wrote The New Chicago School in 1998 as a response to an influential economic policy: The Chicago School. The older of these schools put forth the idea of law and economics, which said that regulation can be accomplished not just via laws, but also via economic incentives. The New Chicago School brought this further, adding in two additional regulation categories: social norms and architecture.
These ideas provide a helpful insight into possible redistricting reforms. While new laws may be the primary driver of redistricting reform, other types of regulation could help too.
Voters could financially support candidates and political advocacy groups who work towards redistricting reform.
People could decide that gerrymandering constitutes a type of corruption, and therefore make it the social norm to vote against legislators who engage in the practice.
Americans could consider the possibility of living among those with whom they disagree, making gerrymandering impossible architecturally. Right now, rural areas tend to be conservative, and cities vote liberal. Racial groups also tend to separate regionally. Creating more politically diverse communities would make it more difficult to undemocraticly group voters together by demographics.
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