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POLI 17

Grassroots Democracy: Leadership and Power · 4 units · used in 13 transfer pathways

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About this course

This course provides both applied and theoretical training for students of social justice. It serves as a multidisciplinary exploration of social change and popular democratic action, with a specific focus on understanding the meaning and development of political power in modern democracies. This course will explore gender and race-sensitive approaches to leadership style, the utilization of institutional and mass forums for civic engagement, strategies for mass recruitment and mobilization, consciousness development, democratic ethics, and strategic and tactical action.

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Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:30 PM UTC
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Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.

Transfer pathways that use POLI 17

ASSIST maps POLI 17 to a requirement in 13 published pathways from De Anza College.

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