Class Id | 10252 |
Days | W |
Start time | 07:00 PM |
End time | 10:00 PM |
Building | ROBEH |
Room | 015 |
Course Id | 4602 |
Dept and Number | WWS 594E |
Area | |
Title | Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Poverty and Public Policy (Session I) |
Description | Examines poverty in the United States in the last half of the twentieth century. Topics include how poverty is measured and problems with the official measure; trends and differentials in poverty; causes and consequences of poverty, including sociological, economic, and political perspectives; and anti-poverty policies, including cross-national differences in welfare states. (Acceptable as a half-course towards the demography certificate.) |
Prerequisites | |
Professor | Rebecca Casciano |