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Spring 2006 Instructor: Dr. ImbroscioPolitical Science 609-75 Office: 107 Ford HallOffice Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2:30-4:00 Phone: 852-3311(and by appointment) Email: imbroscio@louisville.edu

SEMINAR IN URBAN PROBLEMS (POLS 609/UPA 630)

This seminar provides an overview of the urban condition in the United States, whileconsidering and evaluating possible policy responses that might be formulated to address the

problematic aspects of this condition, emphasizing the goals of community, democracy, economicdevelopment, racial justice, localism, and equality.

SEMINAR READINGS:*UNMAKING GOLIATH, by James DeFilippis, Routledge, 2004*PLACE MATTERS, 2 nd edition, by Dreier, Mollenkopf, and Swanstrom, Kansas, 2004*POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE METROPOLIS, 7 th ed, by Harrigan and Vogel, Longman, 2003*CLEARING THE WAY, by Goetz. Urban Institute, 2003*WHEN WORK DISAPPERS, by Wilson, Vintage, 1996*AMERCIA BEYOND CAPITALISM, by Alperovitz, Wiley, 2005*A Reading Packet available at Miller IT Center *Class Handouts/*Downloads from Web and Research Databases

REQUIREMENTS: This course will be run as a seminar. Students will be required to make class presentations and offer quality class participation. There also will be a number of writingassignments: (1) Five seminar papers (approximately 7-9 pp., double spaced, typed) on the assigned weekly readings; (2) a final paper (also approximately 7-9 pp., double-spaced, typed); 3) generalclass participation (grounded in the knowledge of weekly seminar readings) and class presentationsof seminar papers. More information regarding these requirements will be distributed in class.

GRADING: The final course grade will be determined as follows:5 Seminar Papers…………………………...……………………………..65% (13% each)Final Paper DUE DATE: April 13th (in-class)………….……….………..15%Class Participation/Presentations.……………………………....................20%

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

I. The Problems

A. Economic Restructuring and Poverty*Harrigan and Vogel, Ch. 1 and 2*Harrigan and Vogel, pp. 150-168*W. J. Wilson, When Work Disappears, chs. 1-4

B. Sprawl and Economic Segregation*Harrigan and Vogel, Ch. 8*Dreier et al, preface, Chs.1-4

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C. Development and Policy

*Harrigan and Vogel, pp. 168-177 *Barnekov and Rich, “Privatism and the Limits of Local Economic Development Policy,” pp.212-232*Eisinger, “The Politics of Bread and Circuses,” pp. 316-331*Leinter and Garner, “The Limits of Local Initiatives,” pp. 57-73 *Imbroscio, “The Local Public Balance Sheet,” pp. 77-100

D. Community and Place*Putnam, Bowling Alone, selections, pp. 15-23; 183-188; 277-284; 287-290; 402-414*DeFilippis, “The Myth of Social Capital in Community Development,” pp. 781-801*Metzger, “Planned Abandonment,” pp. 7-31 [and Downs “Comment,” pp. 41-54] *Imbroscio, “Can we Grant a Right to Place?” pp. 1-41

E. Race and Racism*Harrigan and Vogel, Ch. 5*Charles, “Can we Live Together?” pp. 45-76*Turner and Ross, “How Racial Discrimination Affects the Search for Housing,” 81-99 *Wilson, When Work Disappears , chs. 5 and 7

II. The Responses

A. Deconcentration*Goetz , all

B. Regionalism*Harrigan and Vogel, Ch. 9 and 10*Dreier et al, pp. Ch. 6*Rusk, “Journeying Through Urban America,” pp. 1-20

*Siegel, “Is Regional Government the Answer? , pp. 85-98*Imbroscio, “Shaming the Inside Game,” pp. 1-27

C. Federal Urban Policy*Harrigan and Vogel, Ch. 11; Ch. 12, pp. 363-364*Kantor, The Dependent City , selections, pp.237-246*Dreier et al, 152-165; 214-215; 255-260; 265-269; 271-275; 276-302*Wilson, When Work Disappears, pp. 224-238*Lake, “Bring Back Big Government,” pp. 815-822*Barnes, “Beyond Federal Urban Policy,” pp. 575-589

D. Collective Ownership*DeFilippis, Unmaking Goliath , pp. 1-16; 32-35; 53-59; 61-151

E. Creativity*Florida, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” pp. 1-15*Malanga, “The Curse of the Creative Class,” pp. 1-7*Kotkin and Siegel, “Too Much Froth,” pp. 1-3*Markusen, “Urban Development and the Politics of the Creative Class,” pp. 1-29*Peck, “Struggling with the Creative Class,” pp. 1-38*Florida, “Revenge of the Squelchers,” pp. 1-9

F. A Broader Vision*Alperovitz, America Beyond Capitalism , all