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2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

POL 295-01 - Special Topic: American Urban Politics

4 credits (Spring)
This  course introduces students to the structure and  operation of local government, the tensions that  exist between the centralizing tendencies of  federal power and the desire for local autonomy,  and the unique set of policy concerns that drive  the politics of local communities across the  country.  The overarching theme of this course is  the intersection of local politics and economics  reveals the origins of American inequality.

Prerequisite: POL 101 .
Instructor: Dawkins