Lower Level Electives
Lower Level Electives
01:220:120 Inequality (4)
- Credits: 4
- Course Type: Lower Level Elective for Major,
- Certificate: Minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Economic and political explanations for the growth in U.S. income inequality since the 1970s; measurement of inequality; comparisons with other countries and with earlier eras in the U.S.; explanatory roles of discrimination, immigration, globalization, superstar and winner-take-all markets, party politics, and differences between rich and poor in voting power, political voice, and political participation; perspectives from other social and behavioral science disciplines. Lower level elective.
