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POLT 264 - Urban Politics in Developing Cities

FC SSCI CD
4 credits
This course examines the politics of planning, governance and resistance in developing cities. Studying cities as diverse as Sao Paulo, Algiers, Mumbai, Istanbul and Cape Town, the course examines the histories of planned and unplanned urbanization and the impact of globalization on city governance. It explores how political practices such as democracy, redistribution, nationalism, legal enforcement and religious activism transform in the particular setting and spatial configuration of the city.


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