by Lester Spence | Mar 9, 2014 | Links of the Week (CP)
One week before Spring Break. Let's go.
by Lester Spence | Mar 8, 2014 | Links of the Week (UPP)
One more week before spring break. Music links and movie scenes below.
by Lester Spence | Mar 8, 2014 | Reading Questions (UPP)
1. Analysts of urban policy generally agree thatthe War on Poverty marks a watershed in the federal government's relations with cities — and in the design of policies to deal with problems of social and economic inequality. There is considerable...
by Lester Spence | Mar 4, 2014 | Links of the Week (CP)
But if you've related links and comments place them here. (Consider this an off week…)
by Lester Spence | Feb 27, 2014 | Reading Questions (CP)
1. “Public opinion matters”. We hear this statement all the time and it is one of the reasons why we're deluged with the result of public opinion polls. But the readings this week suggest that while public opinion matters, it doesn't always matter...
by Lester Spence | Feb 26, 2014 | Links of the Week (UPP)
One more week until Spring Break.
by Lester Spence | Feb 26, 2014 | Reading Questions (UPP)
1. In the middle 1960's, the political demands of black urban leaders shifted rather suddenly from school integration to bureaucratic decentralization and community control. How might you explain this redefinition of objectives? Why do you suppose that public...
by Lester Spence | Feb 21, 2014 | Reading Questions (UPP), UPP Projects
I talked about a couple of different projects students have done in the past. Here's the Baltimore Poverty Policy blog I talked about. Here's an Education Prezi. Also, I created four blogs for students to work through their ideas on the class and on their...
by Lester Spence | Feb 20, 2014 | Reading Questions (CP)
1. Early political theorists argued that genuine democracy could only flourish in small political entities. The federalists disagreed. Given this week's readings which side do you support? Why? 2. Both Kincaid and Conlan implicitly connect devolution to political...
by Lester Spence | Feb 20, 2014 | Links of the Week (CP)
Second edition music list.
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