Urban Precarity
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Overview
Subject area
URBST
Catalog Number
311
Course Title
Urban Precarity
Department(s)
Description
Rising precarity (i.e., social vulnerability and insecurity in people’s everyday lives) in an urban context. We will examine how people experience precarity across class, race, gender, geography, nationality and citizen status, sexuality and age. We will explore the way that different social movements have addressed such vulnerability and insecurity and the potential for political solidarity in contemporary society.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3