PLAP 4440

Social Policy and the Politics of Inequality in the United States

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Course Description

Pre-Requisite(s): prior course in PLAP

Investigates the political development of the American welfare state and offers competing perspectives on the causes and consequences of inequality in the United States. Examines how and why our social safety net is unique from other nations, public beliefs about income inequality and support for antipoverty measures, the implications of inequality for participation and influence, as well as consider several specific policies.


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