POL 316 - Inequality and American Democracy

This course explores the causes and effects of socio-economic inequality in the United States. The course focuses particularly on the effects of inequality on our democratic institutions and on the major political theorists who have contributed useful insights to the inequality debate, including John Rawls and Michael Walzer. Careful attention is paid to theories of democracy and to the social and economic conditions that can undermine popular sovereignty.
Lecture
3 Credits