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Dec 22, 2024
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Academic Bulletin 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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POLSC 330 - Megacities
Credits: 4
A study of urban conglomerates whose population is eight to ten million. We examine the urban form and citizenship in geographically and culturally diverse megacities, including Mexico City, New York, Sao Paulo, and Cairo. Drawing on case studies, we ask what we can learn about the global processes that characterize contemporary politics by studying so-called “global cities.” We pay particular attention to the relationship between globalization and the spatial organization of cities, exploring, for example, how social actors and states in specific places claim, reclaim, purpose, repurpose, surveil, contest, and govern public space as part of broader neoliberal social transformation.
Prerequisite: POLSC 120 or POLSC 130 or POLSC 245 .
Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.
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