ANTH 304 - Social Theory

Institution:

Portland State University

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Human social organization is examined in cross-cultural perspective. Analysis of kinship systems in stateless societies and of the state and other institutional arrangements in complex societies. Attention to the historical development of major theoretical approaches to social organization: structural functionalism, structuralism, human ecology, sociobiology, political economy, post-modernism. Designed for anthropology majors and minors. Note: This course is not approved for distribution credits.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pdx.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 725-3511

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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