Geography

Structural Inequality in Metropolitan Areas Structural Inequality in Metropolitan AreasThere are many ways in which institutional policies create and reinforce structural inequality in metropolitan and urban areas, resulting in residential segregation, marginalized groups and unequal access to resources. There are a number of ways in which these groups resist and call attention to the oppression. […]

Many Chinas One of the themes of this class is the idea of “many Chinas,” that is, the argument that despite the often-monolithic view of China, it is in fact extraordinarily diverse ethnically, geographically, culturally, socioeconomically, and politically. There are significant income and development inequalities between rural and urban areas and between different regions. There […]

Rural China Rural China has experienced a remarkable and, in some ways, alarming amount of change since the beginning of economic reforms in 1978. Write an essay about how rural Chinese areas and rural-urban relationships have changed in the decades since 1978. Rural China Assignment Instructions Discuss relevant key state policies that have affected rural […]