Schedule:

Date                            Topic                                                  Reading

Tue. Aug 27                Introductions                          

Thu. Aug 29                Perspectives on immigration, cities     Mills

                                    and space                                             handouts distributed in class

Tue. Sept 3                  Concepts of justice                              Harvey

Thu. Sept 5                  Cities in economic and political          Knox and Pinch

                                    transition                                             Smith & Edmonston

Tue. Sept 10                Global cities                                        Sassen

Thu. Sept 12                No class

Tue. Sept 17                Immigration trends                             

Thu. Sept 19                Making the Move                                Mahler

                                                                                                Corbett

Tue. Sept. 24               Citizenship and Belonging                   Mitchell

Thu. Sept 26                Race Dynamics                                                Anderson

                                                                                                Samham

Tue. Oct 1                   Social Isolation            or Ethnic                    Fernandez-Kelly and Shauffler                       

                                    Enclaves                                              Fainstein

Thu. Oct 3                  Segregation Trends                              No reading

Tue. Oct. 8                  Midterm Examination !!!!!

Thu. Oct. 10               Fall Break – No class

Immigrant Enclaves

Tue. Oct. 15                Immigrant enclaves & economies        Fernandez-Kelly & Garcia

                                                                                                Lessinger

Thu. Oct. 17               Ethnic divisions of labor                     Mattingly

                                    Reaction Paper #1 Due

Assimilation

Tue. Oct 22                 Assimilation                                        Waters

                                                                                                Review Samham

                                                                                                Joseph

Thu. Oct 24                Language and education                      Portes & Schauffler

Tue. Oct. 29                Debating multiculturalism                   Glazer

                                    Reaction Paper #2 Due

Gentrification and Urban Redevelopment

Thu. Oct 31                Disinvestment and Reinvestment        Smith

                                                                                                Mele

Tue. Nov. 5                 Gardens and Gentrification    

Thu. Nov. 7                 Debating Gentrification

                                    Reaction Paper # 3 Due

Immigration Politics

Tue. Nov 12                Immigration politics                            Tichenor

                                                                                                Schuck

Thu. Nov 14                Immigrant institutions                         reread Mitchell

Tue. Nov 19                Immigrant organizing                           Pincetl

Thu. Nov 21                Environmental justice                         Pulido

                                                                                                Pardo

Tue. Nov. 26               Debating immigration politics            

                                    Reaction Paper #4 Due

Public Space

Tue. Nov 27                Representing race in public space        Dwyer

Tue. Dec. 3                 Community gardens as public              Kurtz

                                    space

                                    Reaction Paper #5 Due

Thu. Dec. 5                 Extremist reactions to immigrants       to be announced

                                    In Europe

Tue. Dec. 10               Immigrants and Belonging                   Nagel and Staeheli                                          

Thu. Dec. 12               Conclusion

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