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Academic Year 2001/2002

Black Politics in Urban America
GOVT 229 SP
Crosslistings:
AFAM 283
Clusters:

Urban Studies

The class will examine the 20th-century transformation of African American urban politics. Particular attention will be paid to black mayors, the relationships between city governments and business elites, and community politics. We will compare various strategies of political empowerment and various approaches to the relationships between race, class, and power.

MAJOR READINGS

Rivlin, FIRE ON THE PRAIRIE. CHICAGO'S HAROLD WASHINGTON AND THE POLITICS OF RACE
Siessarev, THE BETRAYAL OF THE URBAN POOR
Goldsmith and Blakeley, SEPARATE SOCIETIES, POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN U.S. CITIES and others to be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short essays

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

If spaces are available, second-year students will be admitted during the Drop/Add period.

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

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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