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SOC 270
Urban Societies
SOC 270 SP
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 SP
How do cities develop? Are there universal laws which
govern city growth, or do cities develop differently within
distinctive economic and political frameworks? This course
addresses those questions by tracing the history of cities,
comparing major theoretical approaches and addressing a
number of important current issues in urban areas in the
United States, including redevelopment, housing,
homelessness, and the fiscal crisis of the cities.
MAJOR READINGS
Park, Burgess & McKenzie, THE CITY
Logan & Molotch, URBAN FORTUNES
Hartman, AMERICA'S HOUSING CRISIS
Tabb & Sawers: MARXISM AND THE METROPOLIS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
An in-class midterm (25%),
a take-home final (35%) and a research paper (40%).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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: Discussion Fieldwork Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
SOC 151
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Reference:
Pollard, Sidney, WEALTH AND POVERTY: AN
ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
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