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Crosslistings: GOVT 228 |
This course will investigate how racial power, practices and ideas underpin urban policy. The course has two principal objectives: one, to theorize the relationships between racial politics and urban policy, and two, to develop expertise in specific urban policy areas. In the first part of the semester we will focus on the logics of policy analysis, complicating conventional approaches to urban problems by making "race" central to the literature on problem definition, policy choice, program implementation and policy assessment. In the second half of the semester, we will examine particular policy issues, e.g., economic development and policing, evaluating existing programs and considering how more effective programs might be designed and im plemented. Our ultimate goal is to develop alternative ways of thinking about race, politics and urban policy.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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