| Course Title: Advanced Topics in Politics: 'Law and Inequality' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
| Description: The gap between the rich and the poor in the United States today is as wide as it was during the Great Depression. Some scholars and lawmakers have called our era the "Second Gilded Age," a reference that evokes images of robber barons and monopolists, the "billionaire class" of yesteryear. This seminar poses the question: what does law have to do with it? Together, we will explore all the ways that "law," "politics," and economics" are messily entwined, and how those entanglements explain who has wealth, who gets healthcare, who goes to jail, and who decides climate change policy. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Joanna Wuest | jwuest@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023 | Seminar | Monday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 212 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in the department and 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). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Religion Clauses: The Case for Separating Church and State Author: Gillman and Chemerinsky, Howard and Erwin Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780190699734 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 24.95 |
| Title: Ideas with Consequences The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counter Author: Hollis-Brusky, Amanda Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780190933746 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 31.95 |
| Title: We the Corporations How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights Author: Winkler, Adam Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781631495441 Publisher: Liverlight |
Required | 19.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |