PS 410

Credit: 3 hours.

Introduction to the social and political impacts of neighborhood life through readings, discussion, and field work. The political theories of local social networks, social ecology, the social context, third places, the physical form, and public space are examined. Students do library research and field work examining theories of social capital, civic engagement, new urbanism, public space, social context and urban form.

Prerequisite: PS 100 or PS 101 or consent of instructor.