PSCI 509 - Urban Politics

Institution:

The Citadel

Subject:

Political Science

Description:

A survey of urban areas and their development with emphasis on the politics of U.S. urban and suburban areas. Topics explored through lectures, seminars and student-led discussions of the professional literature include types of urban governance; urban demographics; suburbanization and gentrification; "urban sprawl"; the development of professionalized city planning; public administration and finance; pluralist competition in city regimes; race and politics; economic development; issues of federalism; and city-county consolidation and state-city relations.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.citadel.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 225-3294

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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