Globalization and City Politics

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course studies the process of globalization and its impact on urban politics. The growing power and world-wide mobility of corporations and money mean that important questions affecting cities are being decided in distant capitals. At the same time, national, provincial and local governments, as well as local communities, are responding to these developments. The course examines these political struggles. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and POL-3325.