by Bryan Carter | Mar 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week is our first delve into political economy with a tough, but important read by Adolph Reed. It happens to coincide with an important week for the national election where both major parties have discussed important economic issues (though, we might debate the...
by Sally Lawton | Mar 4, 2016 | Thoughts of the Week (PDAC)
This week’s reading is City Trenches. What intervention does Katznelson make into discussions of elite and plural politics? How would you evaluate his discussion of class and race? What does he mean by “city trenches”? These questions should get you...
by Bryan Carter | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week we address Angela Davis’s text Are Prisons Obsolete? as well as another documentary on the carceral state. What might a world without prisons function? What role, if any, would the state play in punishing citizens? Is this some form of utopia or the...
by Sally Lawton | Feb 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
What does Peterson mean by city limits? How does his work challenge/expand our discussion of power to and power over? Don’t let these questions limit your response!
by Bryan Carter | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week we discussed traditional conceptions of the carceral state. This week, we’ve read some different takes that add layers of complexity. In your comments, try to connect both weeks. Leave your comments below.
by Sally Lawton | Feb 19, 2016 | Thoughts of the Week (PDAC)
This week, we read Stone’s Regime Theory. How does Stone help you better answer the central questions of the course, especially the question of how democracy functions in urban contexts? How does Stone’s understanding of democracy compare with Dahl and...
by Sally Lawton | Feb 15, 2016 | Thoughts of the Week (PDAC), Uncategorized
This week we read portions of Mills’ The Power Elite. What does Mills mean by the power elite? How does democracy function in the text? These are just two prompts to get you started and should not limit what you want to discuss.
by Bryan Carter | Feb 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week we begin a deep dive into policing and the carceral state, beginning with Michelle Alexander’s famed The New Jim Crow and an essay by Steve Locke. Leave your comments below.
by Bryan Carter | Feb 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Week Two: Framing #BlackLivesMatter This week you read essays by James Baldwin and Shani Hilton as well as Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. How has this helped you to think about the movement generally and the politics that led to its...
by Lester Spence | Feb 7, 2016 | Thoughts of the Week (PDAC)
This week you read portions of Who Governs? Dahl doesn’t really write about “power” explicitly. Can you tease out a definition based on what you’ve read?
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