This course examines the nature, extent, and causes of poverty and inequality in the US while relying on literature from sociology, political science, economics, psychology and other disciplines. It analyzes the anti-poverty initiatives and policies launched over the past five decades and examines the role of culture, discrimination and classism as well as policy issues.
Prerequisites: Only open to students admitted into the MA in Public Service Leadership (PSLD-MA).
Outcomes: Understand key issues regarding causes and consequences of poverty; Describe approaches to understanding and providing solutions to poverty; Explore the dynamics of commitment to social change and anti-poverty initiatives through grantmaking.
Prerequisites: Only open to students admitted into the MA in Public Service Leadership (PSLD-MA).
Outcomes: Understand key issues regarding causes and consequences of poverty; Describe approaches to understanding and providing solutions to poverty; Explore the dynamics of commitment to social change and anti-poverty initiatives through grantmaking.