Place and Politics
GOVT 380
Fall 2015
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| Certificates: International Relations |
This course examines the importance of place in shaping American politics at the mass and elite levels. Topics will include, but are not limited to, racial segregation in the American South, white flight, immigration, gentrification, and the impact of increasing levels of diversity on national and local politics. Throughout the course, we will cover key theories in intergroup relations and how they apply to each phenomenon. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (GOVT)(GOVT-American) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Key, Valdimer, O. SOUTHERN POLITICS IN STATE AND NATION. 1984. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN: 978-0870494352
Massey, Douglas and Nancy Denton, AMERICAN APARTHEID: SEGREGATION AND THE MAKING OF THE UNDERCLASS. 1998. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN: 978-0674018211
Oliver, J. Eric. THE PARADOXES OF INTEGRATION: RACE, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND CIVIC LIFE IN MULTIETHNIC AMERICA. 2010. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226626635
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Examinations and Assignments:
1 research paper, 3 short analytical essays |
| Instructor(s): Velez,Yamil Ricardo Times: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK412; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: X | FR: X |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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