Overview
Description
Analysis of policy alternatives and governmental systems in urban areas. The role of officials, planners, interest groups and citizens in influencing the direction of policy.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- discuss why cities are important to American politics and economic life.
- discuss and evaluate patterns of urban growth both historically and in contemporary terms, considering such factors as geographical and economic imperatives with such concepts as “fill in” and “smart cities.”
- evaluate various forms of urban governance, both historical and contemporary.
- articulate how cities serves as places of racial interaction and assimilation.
- evaluate the future of cities in both the United States and internationally, given techno-logical change and migration.
- argue for and synthesize concepts of urban politics in a research paper.