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The Politics and Theory of Place and Space
| Course Number: | GOVT 360 |
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| Title: | The Politics and Theory of Place and Space |
| Day & Time 1: | TR 10:30AM 11:45AM |
| Instructor I: | Cannavo P |
| Credit: | 1.00 |
| Course Description: | How do we map out, conceptualize, inhabit and govern our spatial environment? What political challenges arise in organizing and maintaining a coherent world of places? A look at the theoretical and political dimensions of place and space through writings of geographers, political theorists, environmental thinkers, novelists and U.S. case studies, including 9/11, the debate over logging in the Pacific Northwest, the problem of sprawl, the decline and revival of old industrial cities, the future of America’s agricultural landscape, and the impact of climate change. |
| Comments: | Open to Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores; open to 1st-years with consent of instructor only. |
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