‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

This free course, 'Problem' populations, 'problem' places, looks deeper into the entanglements of welfare, crime and society. It encourages you to think through these entanglements through a focus on 'problem' populations and 'problem' places. It includes treatment of the victims of Hurricane Katrina that hit the US in 2007, and also of the governance of urban populations in the context of Britain (council estates) and France (banlieues).

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Aims of the course
• 1 Aims of the course
• 2 New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina: ‘shaming America’?
• 2 New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina: ‘shaming America’?
• 2.1 The shaming of America
• 2.2 Welfare and law enforcement
• 2.3 The impact of Katrina on New Orleans
• 3 Worlds apart? The problem of problem places
• 3 Worlds apart? The problem of problem places
• 3.1 The idea of problematic places
• 3.2 Urban unrest: the case of the French urban periphery
• 3.3 Bringing it all back home: the ‘problem estate’
• 3.4 Council estates: a symbol of failure?
• 4 Review: misrecognition, disrespect and the politics of fear
• 4 Review: misrecognition, disrespect and the politics of fear
• 5 Further reading
• 5 Further reading
• Conclusion
• Take the next step
• References
• Acknowledgements