POLITICAL SCIENCE Global Cities Mr. Seidelman Katie Bourne Chinese One Child Policy: A Question of Population Control. China implemented the one child policy in 1982 in an effort to curb a population explosion and national impoverishment in the 21st century. How can we look at this policy as state controlled violation of reproductive rights? Are there alternatives to China controlling reproduction? Shifra Burstein x6750 Consequences of Urbanization on the Bronx. Using the Bronx as a case study, I intend to explore the effects of urbanization on the social makeup of the Bronx. I also allude to the racial and socio-economic conditions of the Bronx and how policy has effected these conditions. Satya Colombo x6648 Culture and Immigration in Los Angeles. An examination of the development of a "Los Angeles Culture," and the effects/implications of immigration on this continued evolution. Sandar Hla (718) 388-2919 Politics for the Few. This is to be an exploration of social movements in the urban setting. With the city being described as impersonal and anonymous, the initiation of political movements refute the stereotype of the city. I will examine the various factors contributing to political as well as to those factors which cause people to refute politics. I will not only look at the what, but also the who behind urban politics. Tawana Kane x6461 Using Feung Shui concepts of the body, I will explore the spatial layouts of places of consumption, namely shopping malls. How does the transitional nature of a shopping mall accentuated by the itemization of space psychologically affect the consumer. Laurent Lavollay-Porter The IMF. National endorser for the global trade deficit. Agency for the proration and sustaining of free-trade and GATT. Tatiana Meza Globalism and the Megacity. Analyzing the megacity of Santafe de Bogota in Columbia. I will look at how this megacity urbanized, how the people of the city organize themselves politically and why Columbians migrate to Bogota, which is the city that holds a large % of the country's population (12 million of 35+ million people). Bianca Reis x6831 Rio's Slums. An examination of Rio de Janero's slums, with special focus on their politics and society. Robert Santos 914-235-4272 Suburban Growth: Economic Costs and Social Arguments. This paper analyzes and quantifies suburban sprawl as a factor of federal and state defecits. It seeks to rationally quantify the hidden economic costs behind the justifiable social and moral judgements. Nadia Voukitchevitch x6628 Globalism and the Megacity. Real estate development in New York and its effects on the poor. Who really has control over the restructuring of a city? What amount of say does the public sector have? Does government really control or is it the multi-transnational corporations. First-Year Studies in Political Science Mr. Seidelman James Jack x6735 The Late Civil Rights Movement. I have been examining the transition from nonviolence to black power in the late 1980's. I've looked at SNCC as a symbol for larger societal implications - and plan to explore urban riots and their impact on the political frameworks of the times. Meibelle Ku x6450 Race and Identity in America. From reading fiction by Asian-Americans and African-Americans, I'm comparing and contrasting the roles and the "identities" that were built/found for themselves in society. This includes racism and prejudice differences between the two groups. I have read Eat a Bowl of Tea by Louis Chu and am currently looking for either a biography about Fannie Lou Hamer or Paradise by Toni Morrison. Themes I'm looking at are gender roles and the view of America as the Land of Opportunity. Beth Farber x6597 Possible Solutions to Structural Inequality. This project involves examining forms of gender, racial, and class inequality, first. Next is the examination of possible solutions to structural inequality, for example, welfare reform, education, or grass-roots activism may be the solutions. Josh Powell x6697 A Park For The People. The story of how a "public" space built out of greed and elitism slowly evolved into a democratic space for all New Yorkers, arguably: the story of Central Park's successful and unsuccessful attempts to become a park for the people. Myra Batchelder x6640 Material Feminism and it's Relation to Contemporary Welfare. I'm planning on studying material feminism, a movement from the late 1800's, and contemporary welfare and looking at their relations with each other. Kate Beremon Gender and Sociopolitical Constructs and Perceptions of the 1950's. This conference work centers around the mythology and reality of gender, family, youth and other social/cultural abstracts. Part of the study is centered on exposing the truth behind nostalgic ideals. Ara Shansky x6815 The Decline of Political Satire in America: The 60's vs. the 90's. My paper is about how political satire has changed for the worse and why. Sarah Bania-Dobyns x6844 Public Interest Groups: Who Do They Represent? I am looking at two public interest groups - the state Public Interest Research Groups, started by Ralph Nader, and ACORN, Community Organization for Reform Now - and what constituencies they represent. In particular, how their issues, members, and organizing approaches represent the working class. Arthur Smith Depression-Era California. The problems it faced, and the response it gave. Experimenting with fascism and socialism. Nicole Ghiseline x6627 Duce and Fuhrer. Comparing certain aspects of Nazi Germany to fascist Italy.