How has modern U.S. public policy been shaped by issues of racism and inequality? This course investigates the histories of public policies around housing, access to meaningful education, labor markets, imprisonment, environmental justice, and more. Through studying such public policies since the mid-20th Century, students analyze how these policies have shaped inequities of race, class, and gender. We also investigate how historical analyses of these policies have provoked debates around reparative justice, and what this history means for the future of public policy and transformation of political economic systems.

Prerequisites: Upper Division Standing

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
STEIN D P
David Stein
4.0
6 reviews
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HIST 158A Stein D P Fall 2023 Total: 41
HIST 158A Stein D P Spring 2023 Total: 42
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History17c . Stein D P 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

Really good lecturer. The slides were helpful.

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186 . Stein D P 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

David is awesome! Super cool lectures and he fostered really awesome conversations

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History17c . Stein D P 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

As a History major with interest in the exact period covered by 17C, I could not stand to attend these lectures. He's a nice guy and all, and the class was easy and straightforward, but his lecture style is not engaging at all and I didn't feel like attending gave me any kind of advantage material-wise.

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History17c . Stein D P 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

Lectures are really not fun. This period of American history seems relatively easy to make interesting, but this felt like an economics class for the most part. Easy GE though.

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History17c . Stein D P 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

Lectures are dull, but the slides are posted to Canvas and attendance is not mandatory. Readings aren't strictly necessary either. Midterm, short essay, and final are all exceptionally easy.

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History17c . Stein D P 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

Not a hard class just do the readings (you can just skim them if you don't want to). He posts the notes so if you can't make it to the lecture that comes in clutch. Your grade is based on 3 papers but the prompts were not bad and you have choices on what you want to write about. Overall great class and professor.

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