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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 242. Graduate students register for 242.) Gender inequality in contemporary American society and how it is maintained. The social and relative nature of knowledge and the problems this poses for understanding sex differences and gendered behavior in society. Analytical levels of explanation for gender inequalities: socialization, interaction processes, and socioeconomic processes; arguments and evidence for each approach. The social consequences of gender inequality such as the feminization of poverty, and problems of interpersonal relations. GER:EC-Gender 5 units, Win (Correll, S)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 243.) The evolution of poverty in Brazil. Poverty indexes, profiles, indicators; income approach, establishment, and use of poverty lines. The working poor, informality, and education. Social security and targeted transfers. The design of anti-poverty policies. 5 units, Spr (Rocha, S)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as CSRE 196C, ENGLISH 172D, HISTORY 65, PSYCH 155.) How different disciplines approach topics and issues central to the study of ethnic and race relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. Lectures by senior faculty affiliated with CSRE. Discussions led by CSRE teaching fellows. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul 5 units, given next year
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 247A.) Causes and consequences of racial and ethnic conflict, including nationalist movements, ethnic genocide, civil war, ethnic separatism, politics, indigenous peoples' movements, and minority rights movements around the world. GER:DB-SocSci, ECGlobalCom 5 units, not given this year
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 248.) The construction and meanings of racial identities in the U.S. Attention is on multiracial identities and the shifting boundaries of racial categories in contemporary America. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul 5 units, Win (McDermott, M)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 249, URBANST 112. Graduate students register for 249.) Recent research and theory on the urban underclass, including evidence on the concentration of African Americans in urban ghettos, and the debate surrounding the causes of poverty in urban settings. Ethnic/racial conflict, residential segregation, and changes in the family structure of the urban poor. GER:DB-SocSci, ECAmerCul 5 units, Spr (Rosenfeld, M)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as POLISCI 121, SOC 249X, URBANST 111.) The major actors, institutions, processes, and policies of sub-state government in the U.S., emphasizing city general-purpose governments through a comparative examination of historical and contemporary politics. Issues related to federalism, representation, voting, race, poverty, housing, and finances. Prerequisite: POLISCI 2 or consent of instructor. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, not given this year
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 255.) Family change from historical, social, demographic, and legal perspectives. Extramarital cohabitation, divorce, later marriage, interracial marriage, and same-sex cohabitation. The emergence of same-sex marriage as a political issue. Are recent changes in the American family really as dramatic as they seem Theories about what causes family systems to change. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, Spr (Rosenfeld, M)
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3.00 Credits
(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. The impact of societal organization on the lives of ordinary people in socialist societies and in the new societies arising through the processes of political, economic, and social transformation. Do the concepts of democratization and marketization suffice to characterize ongoing changes Enrollment limited to 16. GER:ECGlobalCom 3 units, Win (Tuma, N)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 260. Graduate students register for 260.) The roles of formal organizations in production processes, market transactions, and social movements; and as sources of income and ladders of mobility. Relationships of modern organizations to environments and internal structures and processes. Concepts, models, and tools for analyzing organizational phenomena in contemporary societies. Sources include the literature and case studies. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, not given this year
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