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PQ: ECON 20100. This course covers tools needed to analyze urban economics and address urban policy problems. Topics include a basic model of residential location and rents; income, amenities, and neighborhoods; homelessness and urban poverty; decisions on housing purchase versus rental (e.g., housing taxation, housing finance, landlord monitoring); models of commuting mode choice and congestion and transportation pricing and policy; urban growth; and Third World cities. G. Tolley, J. Felkner. Spring.
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PQ: At least one prior course in economics, political science, public policy, or sociology. This course explores conceptually what the issues are around the economic position of cities in the early twenty-first century, as well as how to think creatively about strategies to generate economic growth that would have positive consequences for low-income residents. We consider community Development Corporations, empowerment zones, housing projects, and business development plans through credit and technical assistance. R. Taub. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
Making environmental policy is a diverse and complex process. Environmental advocacy engages different governmental agencies, congressional committees, and courts, depending on the issue. This course examines how such differentiation has affected policy making over the last several decades. R. Lodato. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the explanations available for varying patterns of policies that cities provide in terms of expenditures and service delivery. Topics include theoretical approaches and policy options, migration as a policy option, group theory, citizen preference theory, incrementalism, economic base influences, and an integrated model. Also examined are the New York fiscal crisis and taxpayer revolts, measuring citizen preferences, service delivery, and productivity. T. Clark. Autumn.
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Using the United States and Mexico as case studies, this course explores the economic, ethical, and sociopolitical dimensions of globalization. In particular, we examine the changing nature of work in advanced and developed economies; the trade and immigration policy; and the cultural, social, and political implications of the rapid changes wrought by economic globalization. This course is offered in alternate years. C. Broughton. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
Taking the past twenty years as its primary focus, this course examines the impact of economic globalization across Mexico with particular emphasis on the border region and the rural South. We explore the impact of NAFTA and the shift to neoliberal policies in Mexico. In particular, we examine the human dimension of these broad changes as related to social development, immigration, indigenous populations, and poverty. While primarily critical, the primary objective of the course is to engage is an interdisciplinary exploration of the question: Is trade liberalization an effective development strategy for poor Mexicans This course is offered in alternate years. C. Broughton. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines poverty and inequality in the United States from a sociological perspective, drawing upon the rich social history of Chicago as a case study. We explore race, class, gender, and other perspectives on poverty, drawing especially from ethnographic and historical accounts. C. Broughton. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
For course description, see Social Sciences. This course examines the evolution of social welfare provisions in American society. Special emphasis is placed on who is helped and who is not, in what forms, under what auspices, and with what goals. The changing nature of helping is analyzed with particular attention to the changing role of the state. Topics include provisions for the poor, for children and families, and for the mentally ill. Comparisons are made with other industrialized countries. H. Richman. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
PBPL 25200 helpful but not required. This course uses a sociological perspective to examine the ways in which anti-poverty policy has been conceived, implemented, and reformed in the United States. We consider the current cash assistance program, in-kind benefits, health care for the poor, living wage initiatives, and other anti-poverty policies. C. Broughton. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Open to nonmajors with consent of instructor. Must be taken in sequence for two separate grades, one for each quarter. This is a group project that exposes students to real-world policy-making questions. Students work together on designing the research project, gathering information, and analyzing the data. Practicums have dealt with the employment and housing conditions facing Latinos in metropolitan Chicago, juvenile recidivism, and patterns of racial integration and segregation in the suburbs of Chicago. C. Broughton. Winter, Spring.
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