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De Anza College

POLI 17

Grassroots Democracy: Leadership and Power · 4 units · used in 11 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.

Sections this term

Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:15 PM UTC

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

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 11 published pathways from De Anza College.

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