Tri-Co Philly: The Politics of the Creative Class in American Cities
Spring 2019
Explore the social, economic, and political impacts associated with the sizeable influx of college graduates into many urban areas during the past decade.
Explore the social, economic, and political impacts associated with the sizeable influx of college graduates into many urban areas during the past decade.
POLS H204B
Stephen McGovern
Explores the social, economic, and political impacts associated with the sizeable influx of college graduates into many urban areas during the past decade. Has the rise of this "creative class" in American cities fueled progressive reforms or exacerbated existing inequalities? Much of our analysis will focus on the influence of the creative class in the city and neighborhoods of Philadelphia. To that end, the course will be offered not on the Haverford campus but in Center City, Philadelphia.