| Course Title: Advanced Topics in Politics: 'The 1%' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: In recent years, scholarship on American politics has challenged the idea that our government has upheld and expanded basic democratic principles since the fall of Jim Crow. This scholarship notes a growing wealth gap since the 1970s and 1980s that has given rise to a "New Gilded Age." Along with this rising wealth gap, the United States has also endured rising incarceration rates, a shrinking middle class, an eroding public sphere, and charges that plutocracy -- or governance by the rich -- has overtaken American democracy. In this course we will explore, investigate, and challenge several arguments and assumptions at the heart of these critiques of contemporary US politics. Students will read and discuss cutting edge scholarship and journalism exploring the inequality debates, including inquiries into the complex interrelations of race, gender, and class. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Adam Hilton | 413-538-2325 | ahilton@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Seminar | Friday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 212 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in Politics including POLIT-104. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| POLIT-AMER | POLIT-AMER: Politics - American subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the American Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| EOS0003 | EOS-3: Structures of Inequality | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Structures of Inequality subject area |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Thinking Like a Political Scientist Author: Howard, Christopher Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780226327549 Publisher: University of Chicago Press |
Required | 32.00 |
| Title: Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics Author: Michener, Jamila Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781316649589 Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
Required | 24.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |