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3.00 Credits
Ivan Szelenyi. tth 10.30-11.20, 1 htba So (0) Major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis. Writers include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.
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3.00 Credits
Peter Stamatov. w9.25-11.15 WRSo (0) Overview of developments in social theory since the 1950s. Theories considered include structural functionalism, hermeneutical approaches, interactionist and phenomenological perspectives, rational choice, network theory, the new insti-tutionalism, and theories of globalization.
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3.00 Credits
Julia Adams. tth1-2.15 So (26) The theory, philosophy, and practice of research design in the social sciences. Modes of observation that social scientists employ; measuring and sampling techniques; debates over how to "do" social science; ethical quandaries involved in social research . No background in social research assumed.
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3.00 Credits
Hannah Brueckner. tth 2.30-3.45 So (0) Theory and practice of survey design, including conceptualization, measurement issues, sample design, questionnaire construction, interviewing, data analysis, publication of results, and limitations and ethical aspects of survey research.
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3.00 Credits
Elijah Anderson. m 1.30-3.20 WR,So (0) A practical introduction to theoretical and methodological issues in qualitative sociology. Recommended preparation: socy160b.
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3.00 Credits
SigrunKahl. For description see under Political Science.
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3.00 Credits
RonEyerman. For description see under Ethics, Politics, & Economics.
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3.00 Credits
Vani Kulkarni. For description see under South Asian Studies.
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3.00 Credits
Vani Kulkarni. For description see under South Asian Studies.
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3.00 Credits
Hannah Brueckner. mw 4.30-5.20, 1 htba So (0) Critical assessment of social science research and its uses in public policy and law. Case studies illustrate interrelated themes: what social science research tells us about a problem; frameworks used in the legal/political discourse to address a question; and how social science is used in these frameworks to create law and policy.
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