Subsidies, Uneven Development, and the Race to the Bottom

Abstract

Through this set of materials students listen to an engaging interview about detailed reporting on local subsidies and explore an interactive map revealing local subsidy policies. The materials include a lecture outline for teaching these concepts with reference to works of relevant urban sociologists. Uneven development is often a critical concept in...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Urban Sociology

Resource Type(s):

Assignment, Audio, Class Activity, Lecture, PowerPoint, Website

Class Level(s):

College 200

Class Size(s):

Any

Usage Notes

Attached as a document.

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Students will be able to define the concepts of uneven development and describe relevant scholarship on the topic.
2. Students will be able to explain what subsidies are and how they can contribute to uneven development patterns.
3. Students will be able to draw connections between uneven development patterns and subsidy policy using specific real world examples, and will analyze data comparing the impact of subsidy policies across multiple localities, including their own.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. This goal may be assessed with in-class discussion at the end of the lecture, or short answer essay questions as outlined on the last slides of the lecture, as well as in their writing on the Subsidies Assignment.
2. This goal is assessed through student responses to short answer essay questions in the Subsidies Assignment and in-class discussion.
3. This goal is assessed through student responses to short answer essay questions in the Subsidies Assignment and in-class discussion.