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4.00 Credits
Surveys contemporary social, political, and cultural issues in the context of globalization, internationalization, and transnationalism. Topics include global feminism, workers' rights, and the politics of racial inequality in global institutions-for example, the European Union. Also examines political conflicts over globalization, that is, emerging transnational social movements and protests on the global scale.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the ways in which the legal system shapes and is, in turn, shaped by ideological and political movements. For example, the bitter controversy over whether runaway juries have created "jackpot justice" by awarding huge sums to plaintiffs is a reflection of deep cultural and political divides over individual rights and corporate power. Also examines new legal principles that are currently evolving to deal with such misdeeds as systematic corporate misconduct, cyber crimes, and harassment.
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4.00 Credits
Explores in depth the ways sociologists study the interaction between individuals and social context.
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4.00 Credits
Considers the intersection of race, class, and gender in social structure, institutions, and people's lives. Utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to focus on the socially constructed nature of these concepts and how they shape and create meaning in individual lives. Difference with an emphasis on inequality and varying life chances is a central concept for understanding our society and is central to our work. Requires a significant amount of reading and the class is run like a seminar with students expected to participate, take responsibility, and write a paper.
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4.00 Credits
Explores some of the sociological assumptions about identity, identity politics, and the processes of assimilation and acculturation. Investigates the theories and methods used in the study of Jewish identity politics as a way of understanding a postmodern critique of the identity literature. Ends with a feminist critique of multiculturalism as a way of bringing together the academic study of identity, be it racial, ethnic, or religious, and political decision making.
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4.00 Credits
Analyzes the global ecological crisis and state of environmental politics. Includes analyses of history and nature; the logic of economic growth and ecological degradation; the human/environmental impacts of technology; globalization and the export of environmental hazard; imperialism and the ecological destruction of the Third World, with a particular emphasis on Central America; the role of ecological programs in the current economic and social crisis of the United States (and other countries); ecological stratification and environmental injustice; the crisis of the labor and ecology movements; and the future of environmental politics.
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4.00 Credits
Offers an applied research experience in which students have the opportunity to study the major areas of demography. Focuses on the resources of the United States Census Bureau and, in particular, the data products available from recent census surveys.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the impact of the computer revolution on the conditions of work and life in contemporary society including legal and theoretical issues. Discusses ethical and professional issues in computer use.
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4.00 Credits
Explores issues facing contemporary families including combining work and family, single motherhood, fathers and children, family violence, and differences among families of different ethnicities, cultures, and classes.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to provide a sociological introduction to the history and development of the common market, institutions, and policies of the European Union (EU). The EU began in the 1950s as a series of agreements on economic issues among a small number of countries, and has evolved to take on a role in various social, economic, and cultural areas in its member states. Emphasizes current challenges, issues, and debates in the EU, for example, the introduction of the euro; common policy areas including gender and racial equality; social policies and labor markets; migration and enlargement; the EU as an emerging international actor; and transatlantic relations.
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