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Culhane. This Urban Studies seminar introduces students to many of the major social issues confronting our nation's cities by focusing specifically on the problem of urban homelessness. The course examines the treatment of homelessness and extreme impoverishment as social problems historically, as well as through contemporary debates. Several areas of intensive study will include the prevalence and dynamics of homelessness, the affordable housing crisis, urban labor market trends, welfare reform, health and mental health policies, and urban/suburban development disparities. Particular attention is also paid to the structure of emergency services for people who have housing emergencies. The course concludes by examining current policies and advocacy strategies.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Schneider. Previously URBS 110. How have definitions of crime and forms of punishment changed over time What have been the uses and legacy of extra-legal violence How have the forms of crime and punishment reflected the structure of American society Using both historical and contemporary texts, this freshman seminar will explore these and other questions and in the process analyze the development of juvenile justice, the organization of corrections, the application of the death penalty, and the rise of the drug economy.
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3.00 Credits
Schneider. How do we understand the places in which we live How do we "read" a city What is the relationship between workplace and home, downtown and suburb, inner city and gated communities, department store and mall, row house and ranch house How are our lives defined by place, and how do we function as both the producers and products of place The city is a social and a spatial system, and its organization both reflects and reproduces social categories of race, class, and gender. The current city is also the product of past decisions about where to locate communities and how to allocate resources. Through reading sociological, historical, theoretical, and primary texts, through studying maps and photographs, and through your ethnographic explorations, we will explore the presence of the past in the city around us, the evolution of different kinds of urban and suburban places, and the encoding of wealth and power as well as inequality and poverty in the urban landscape.
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3.00 Credits
History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Vitiello. Although most U.S. cities are no longer thought of as "industrial cities," metropolitan areas today are all products of industrial economies, technologies, and social systems. This course explores the ways in which industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped North American cities over the past two centuries. Major themes include economic geography, ecology, labor and production, suburbanization, outsourcing, and the history and future of energy. The class will take regular walking tours of Philadelphia neighborhoods.
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3.00 Credits
Society Sector. All classes. Stern. The course traces the economic, social, and political history of American cities after World War II. It focuses on how the economic problems of the industrial city were compounded by the racial conflicts of the 1950s and 1960s and the fiscal crises of the 1970s. The last part of the course examines the forces that led to the revitalization of cities in recent years.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. A comprehensive introduction to the sociological study of cities. Topics will include theories of urbanism, methods of research, migration, history of cities, gentrification, poverty, urban politics, suburbanization and globalization. Philadelphia will be used as a recurring example, though the course will devote attention to cities around the U.S. and the world.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. See department for current course topic and description.
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3.00 Credits
History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Zettler. Previously URBS 101. The UN estimates that 2.9 of the world's 6.1 billion people live in cities and that this percentage is rapidly increasing in many parts of the world. This course examines urban life and urban problems by providing anthropological perspectives on this distinctive form of human association and land use. First we will examine the "origin" of cities, focusing on several of the places where cities first developed, including Mesopotamia and the Valley of Mexico. We will then investigate the internal structure of non-industrial cities by looking at case studies from around the world and from connections between the cities of the past and the city in which we live and work today.
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3.00 Credits
Society Sector. All classes. Cunha. This course surveys important themes and methods in the study of South Asia by focusing on one or more South Asian cities, such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Lahore, Lucknow, Banaras, Kathmandu, Lhasa, Dhaka, etc. Topics to becovered include urban planning, globalization, trade, labor, development, artistic production, politics, cultural exchange, and so on. Students draw literary and scholarly studies, investigating films, memoirs, ethnographies, histories, and other sources to understand the life of one or more major metropolitan centers.
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3.00 Credits
Society Sector. All classes. Reed. This course explores the political character of contemporary urban American life. Particular attention is given to the relationship between urban politics and policy-making -- including the structural and ideological factors (e.g., dynamics of political economy, race, ethnicity, pluralism, and gender) that constrain the policy context and shape the urban environment as a terrain for commingling, competition and conflict over uses of space. It makes considerable use of case studies to throw into relief the complex and sometimes subtle processes that shape urban life.
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