POL 405 Seminar in New York City Politics

3 hours 

Examination of the network of power shaping New York City politics. Analysis of external influences, including intergovernmental relations, the global economy, in- and out-migration; and internal dynamics such as the machine-reform dialectic, politics of planning and public authorities. Survey of policy-making determinants, including ethnicity and class, fiscal crises, power of developers and use of communities as real estate commodities.