Theories of Urban Poverty

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This seminar analyzes and evaluates the works of various social scientists who have written about urban poverty in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The course addresses issues such as the causes of today's urban poverty, the ways in which urban poverty today differs from earlier forms, the relationship between urban poverty and global economic forces, and the relationship between urban poverty and drugs, gangs and violence. Writers studied may vary from year to year. Cross-listed: POL-4520 Restrictions: Instructor Permission Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and POL-4520. WOMEN'S AND G