SOCI 853: Cities in a Global Society
SOCI 853-001: Cities in a Global Society
(Fall 2014)
07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W
Section Information for Fall 2014
In this course, we will explore urban sociology, critical urban studies, and globalization studies to understand cities in a global context. This course includes classics and some of the newest works in these fields. We will explore cities in the Global North, the Global South, and the Second World of socialism. We will focus on debates on global cities, modernism and post-modernism, informality, and global urban inequalities, as well as examine a variety of methods to study urban trends.
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Course Information from the University Catalog
Credits: 3
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
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