by Lester Spence | Feb 2, 2014 | Reading Questions (CP)
The questions below are meant to inform your short papers. If you choose to write a paper on one (NO MORE THAN ONE) of them, please send the paper to me via email before Tuesday at 2pm. 1. DeTocqueville is particularly interested in the institutional aspects of...
by Lester Spence | Feb 2, 2014 | Links of the Week (CP)
This week we discuss democracy. Please post your comments about the readings as well as links you think relate to them below before Tuesday at 2pm.
by Lester Spence | Feb 1, 2014 | Links of the Week (UPP)
Below post your ideas about the readings, with a link to images, songs, or articles that you think connect somehow to the readings. Responses are due an hour before class.
by Lester Spence | Feb 1, 2014 | Reading Questions (UPP)
THESE ARE POTENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR SHORT PAPERS. PLEASE EMAIL ALL SHORT PAPERS TO ME RATHER THAN POSTING RESPONSES BELOW. PAPERS ARE DUE AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS. 1. Several of this week's reading assignments attempt to determine what distinguishes urban politics from...
by Lester Spence | Dec 1, 2013 | Links of the Week
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by Lester Spence | Nov 25, 2013 | Reading Questions
1. “Community” has become a protean term that covers just about any group, even those whose members are territorially dispersed. We have encountered several different conceptions of community this semester. After reading Jacobs' observations and...
by Lester Spence | Nov 23, 2013 | Links of the Week
“I'm not a businessman, I'm a BUSINESS, man.”...
by Lester Spence | Nov 23, 2013 | Reading Questions
1. You have now read four different accounts of New Haven's urban renewal program. Stone and Sanders' account says that Peterson's account is pretty much a restatement of Dahl's account. (Stone and Sanders, p.165) Do you agree? If the central concept...
by Lester Spence | Nov 13, 2013 | Reading Questions
Reading Guidelines: 1. Much of the reading this semester has made the relationship between the economy and polity a central issue in the analysis of urban politics. For Robert Dahl, this relationship is also a focus of attention. What is he saying about it, and...
by Lester Spence | Nov 13, 2013 | Links of the Week
Power. (This should be good.)
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