C Urban Politics

Catalog description

Term hours: 54 lecture. This course is a concentrated study of urban America with particular emphasis on the challenging problems facing the country's metropolitan areas. The approach will be interdisciplinary in order to facilitate conceptual learning and a balanced understanding of the urban dilemma. Major areas of study will include the history and development of urban United States intergovernmental relations, poverty, racial and ethnic relations, pollution, crime, public services, education, planning and renewal. (UC/CSU, AA GE, CalGETC)