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PS 3170 - Civil Rights Policy and Politics |
Assesses the institutional impact--past and present--of the civil rights movement on American political institutions (the presidency, Congress, the courts, the executive cabinets, the administrative regulatory agencies, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights). Events and topics include the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 1991 Civil Rights Act, voter dilution, felony disenfranchisement and sentencing disparities, campaign finance reform, affirmative action, disability rights, gender discrimination, and majority-minority congressional districts.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Political Sci & Intl Relations Department Course Attributes: Africana Studies, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |