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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the transitions from premodern to modern, and from modern to post-modern economies and societies in Latin America. An inquiry into the causes and social effects of rapid “modernizing†social changes such as increases in urban residence, schooling, factory work, and mass media exposure.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. A sociological examination of how changing political, economics and developmental issues in Latin America shape and are shaped by gender relations.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the extent and social bases of wealth and power inequalities in Central and South America along lines of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and regional origin.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the factors shaping the emergence, development, and decline of social movements in Latin America. Issues addressed include why people join movements, what constraints there are on building of social movement organizations, and in what ways are leaders and ideologies crucial to movement development.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course examines theories of the bases and distribution of power in Latin America. Topics include the role of elites and domestic class coalitions in state formation and regime transitions, the role of civil society -labor, popular associations, political parties-in democratization, and the role of culture, including religion, in political life.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. From the colonization of the continent up to the present, countries in North and South America have been receiving communities for migrants from all over the world. Course focus on 20th century international migration flows to and within the Americas with three main themes: (1) theories of international migration, (2) immigrant adaptation, assimilation and incorporation, and (3) international migration policies.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course is a study of the causes and social effects of urban growth and decay in rich and poor countries in the Americas. Examines contemporary urban social classes and political coalitions, and how these are changing with shifting regional economies. The course discusses theories of urban societies and regional growth, and examines case studies and theories from Latin America.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322. The objective of this course is to provide student with analytical categories for understanding different aspects of Brazilian society. Student will be challenged to go beyond readings and to place what they are learning with in the context of U.S. society. There is much about Brazil that will be not covered in this course, student are expected to bring their own interests and knowledge into discussions. Our sub-theme is “Brazilian society and globalizationâ€.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Course topics vary. Courses will include: Latin American Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, Caribbean Societies, and Drugs and Alcohol in the Americas.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304, approval of instructor, and department. For senior honors candidates and other qualified senior majors. Intensive reading and research in a selected field of sociology.
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