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Core Studies 3
Spring 1999
Prof.
P. Currah
PEOPLE, POWER, AND POLITICS
Course Description
Since democratic participation is the life-blood of a healthy democratic culture, "People, Power, and Politics" plays a vital role in the transmission of the kinds of knowledges essential for the your full and active participation in the public life of the city, the state, and the nation. Core Studies 3 presents you with a variety of viewpoints to encourage you to come to your own conclusions about contemporary U.S. society, including the diversity of peoples that constitute it, the workings of power within it, and the possibility of participating to full effect in the politics of it. This course is designed as an introduction to the social sciences. It focuses on the concept of power and thus will explore different theories of power. Readings and assignments are structured to give students the opportunity to examine critically the operations of power in American society, including the dynamics of race, gender, class, and sexuality.