Perspectives on Poverty and Protest

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Explores intersection of poverty and power--relations of ruling--through an examination of anti-poverty activism. Students analyze dominant strategic mobilizing approaches and investigate select case-studies of anti-poverty activism related to welfare, homelessness, migration, and drugs. The role of institutional advocates in the mobilization process is also scrutinized. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, ADMN, ANTH, CHYS, CRIM, ECON, GDST/IDST, IESS, INDG, PLCW, SOCI, and/or SWRK credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor.