AFAM282 - Race, Public Policy and the City

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Race, Public Policy and the City
AFAM282 FA

Crosslistings: GOVT228

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.

MAJOR READINGS

POLICY PARADOX, THE ART OF POLITICAL DECISION MAKING by Deborah Stone;
THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS by Charles E. Lindblom;
RACIAL FORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES by Omi and Winant;
DIVIDED BY COLOR by Kinder and Sanders;
THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY by Lani Guinier

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three essays and a take-home final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students should have taken courses in government and African American studies, sociology and/or economics.

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: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Horan,Cynthia

Times: ..T.T.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC002

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 30)

SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 5 SO: X FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Writing

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000