Sociology 351 - Cities of Injustice? Critical Geographies of Late Modern U

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Bard College

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Description:

This seminar explores the contemporary urban condition in the United States and beyond. Its goal is to help students develop analytical tools through which to decipher and critically interpret some of the large-scale transformations of urban economic, political, and social life that have unfolded during the last 30 years, with specific reference to questions of social justice and injustice. Among the several broad questions the course considers are: In what ways have cities become the sites for the production and entrenchment of new forms of class-based and ethnoracial inequality/injustice? What are the origins and causes of such inequalities?

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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