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SOC 249

The Urban Underclass (CSRE 149A, SOC 149, URBANST 112)

UNITS:5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

(Graduate students register for SOC 249.) We explore the history of residential segregation, urban policy, race, discrimination, policing and mass incarceration in the US. What are the various causes and consequences of poverty? How do institutions that serve the poor work and sometimes fail? We will read deeply into the social, political, and the legal causes of today's conflicts.

Syllabus for selected term:
View Spring 2027 Syllabus

Sections

1 Term
Lecture 1Open
ID: 25177
0 / 80 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:10:30 AM – 11:50 AM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
Rosenfeld, Michael
5units
Discussion 1Open
ID: 25176
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:TBD
TIME:TBD
LOCATION:TBD
5units

SOC 249: The Urban Underclass (CSRE 149A, SOC 149, URBANST 112)

5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

(Graduate students register for 249.) We explore the history of residential segregation, urban policy, race, discrimination, policing and mass incarceration in the US. What are the various causes and consequences of poverty? How do institutions that serve the poor work and sometimes fail? We will read deeply into the social, political, and the legal causes of today's conflicts.

Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Spring 2027 sections

  • Discussion — TBA TBA (Graduate)
  • Lecture — Tuesday Thursday 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM — Rosenfeld, Michael (Graduate)

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