PUBPOL 4160

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PUBPOL 4160
The Ethnography of Poverty and Inequality

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course explores poverty and inequality in American society through the lens of ethnographic and other field-based research. We will read classic and contemporary texts which have shaped our understanding of how social inequality and exclusion constrain people's daily lives and how groups develop innovative responses to these constraints.


Prerequisites Recommended prerequisite: PUBPOL 2300, PUBPOL 2250, PUBPOL 2030, SOC 1101 or DSOC 1101 and SOC 2220.

Distribution Requirements (D-AG, SBA-AG), (CA-HE, D-HE, KCM-HE, SBA-HE)

Last 1 Terms Offered 2025SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 4160

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  2854 PUBPOL 4160   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Waller, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Recommended prerequisite: PUBPOL 2300, PUBPOL 2250, PUBPOL 2030, SOC 1101 or DSOC 1101, SOC 2220.