POL SCI 143B

Main Course

Metropolitan Governance

Description

Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of how political, social, economic, and cultural factors influence metropolitan governance in both U.S. central cities and suburban areas. Study of some major issues in metropolitan governance through classic and contemporary readings on political power, political economy of cities, and racial/ economic segregation, as well as political incorporation and racial/ethnic coalitions. P/NP or letter grading.