Political Science

Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis Housing Policy in Postwar Chicago Preston H. Smith II 2012 Spring

How a black elite fighting racial discrimination reinforced class inequality in postwar America

Does Local Government Matter? How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement Elaine B. Sharp 2012 Spring

Asks and answers hard questions about the consequences of local government programs for democracy

Speculative Security The Politics of Pursuing Terrorist Monies Marieke de Goede 2012 Spring

Does following the money create security or undermine it?

The Neoliberal Deluge Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans Cedric Johnson, Editor 2011 Fall

A critical collection on the politics of disaster and reconstruction in New Orleans

Trafficking Women’s Human Rights Julietta Hua 2011 Fall

How images of sex trafficking produce notions of race, sex, and citizenship

The Autonomous Animal Self-Governance and the Modern Subject Claire E. Rasmussen 2011 Fall

A wide-ranging reexamination of a foundational tenet of modern democratic society

Justice and the American Metropolis Clarissa Rile Hayward and Todd Swanstrom, Editors 2011 Fall

Returning social justice to the center of urban policy debates

Stare in the Darkness The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics Lester K. Spence 2011 Spring

Critiquing the true impact of hip-hop culture on politics

Choices Women Make Agency in Domestic Violence, Assisted Reproduction, and Sex Work Carisa R. Showden 2011 Spring

An inquiry into women’s agency—how it is developed and deployed and how it can be increased

Microfinance and Its Discontents Women in Debt in Bangladesh Lamia Karim 2011 Spring

A feminist critique of the much-lauded microcredit process in Bangladesh

The City, Revisited Urban Theory from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York Dennis R. Judd and Dick Simpson, Editors 2010 Fall

Reexamining urban scholarship for the twenty-first century

The Parent as Citizen A Democratic Dilemma Brian Duff 2010 Fall

How ideas about parenthood undermine politics

Breaks in the Chain What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy Paul Apostolidis 2010 Fall

How immigrants’ stories can transform social power

The Divided World Human Rights and Its Violence Randall Williams 2010 Spring

Examines why some people are deemed worthy of human rights and others are not

Bad for Democracy How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People Dana D. Nelson 2010 Spring

Voting for the president is not enough—a bold call to reclaim democracy

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