Sociology - CPS Spec
SCLY 1210: Sociology of Boston
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Introduces students to American urban studies and urban theory, with a special focus on spatial expressions of intra-urban inequalities.
- Focuses on theories of formation of urban inequalities, social and immigrant segregation, segregation and integration, gentrification as a process and how it impacts displacement, and theories of formation of neighborhoods and the evolution of collective efficacy.
- The class tests theories discussed in class by exploring specific neighborhoods in Boston.
- Offers students an opportunity to learn about the Irish influence in Dorchester, the Italian influence on the West End, and the African-American influence in Roxbury.
- Concludes with a concentration on how globalization has fueled a new wave of immigrant communities to grow and evolve in the twenty-first century.
Introduces students to American urban studies and urban theory, with a special focus on spatial expressions of intra-urban inequalities. Show more.