CTSJ 311 Children, Poverty, and Public Policies

In this course students examine contemporary child poverty both in the United States and abroad. Topics include how poverty is defined both locally and globally the numbers and distribution of poor children as well as the causes of child poverty. Readings explore poverty in relation to education economics homelessness child labor family gender and race. Students analyze historical anti-poverty policies such as the New Deal the War on Poverty and the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child as well as contemporary proposals to reduce child poverty such as childcare welfare job training job creation and tax policy. Emphasis topic: Postcolonial Theory