Racism and Democracy in American Political Development

4.0 credits · Graduate

This course provides graduate students in political science with a survey of the major works in the subfield of American Political Development centrally concerned with race, racism, and their institutionalization in American government and society. These works will provide a framework for engaging with major debates in the wider political science field of American Politics. Each week is organized a central text, with ancillary readings intended to situate it within relevant debates. (GOVT-AM)