Labor & Public Affairs ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course is designed to help students develop their research, written and oral communication skills as they learn about current economic, political and social issues important for working people. The guiding context for this course is how the winners in our economic system have come to thoroughly dominate our politics, exacerbating both the economic gap between the wealthy and the rest, and the political gap between what the majority of the public-the working and middle classes-want from their political system and what they actually get. As we read though the texts and articles, we will discuss the main themes, understand the arguments, and grasp the empirical evidence presented in preparation for student’s choosing a topic and presenting it to their peers. It is also only offered in-class at the college’s Harry J. Van Arsdale Jr. School for Labor Studies in New York City. Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None This course is offered as part of union partnership programs and is open to non-partnership students subject to availability.