AF AM ST325-0 - Race,Poverty,and Public Policy in America

Institution:

Northwestern University

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Description:

Examination of the scope of poverty in America, competing theories about its causes, and how racial stratification creates and perpetuates economic marginalization. Public-policy responses to the plight of the poor; debates about the future of antipoverty policy, with emphasis on the relationship between racial and economic stratification. Prerequisite: 236-1 or SOCIOL 110.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northwestern.edu

Phone Number:

(847) 491-3741

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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