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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 106D.) The debate on the meaning of race in the U.S. by examining past and present race relations, trends within the emerging multiracial population, and the implications that this new population has on the significance of race in contemporary society. The growing visibility of multiraciality is seen as a sign that race does not matter as much as it did in the past versus evidence that race continues to affect people's lives including those with mixed race backgrounds. Sources include academia and popular media. 5 units, Sum (Ku, M), given once only
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 107.) China's post-1976 recovery from the late Mao era; its reorientation toward an open market-oriented economy; the consequences of this new model and runaway economic growth for standards of living, social life, inequality, and local governance; the political conflicts that have accompanied these changes. 5 units, Spr (Walder, A)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 108.) The differences between historical and sociological analysis of past events. The difference between constructing sociological explanations and describing past events. Topics include: the rise of Christianity, the mafia in a Sicilian village, the trade network of the East India Company. 5 units, Aut (Parigi, P)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 110. Graduate students register for 210.) Themes of political sociology, conceptions of power and state structures throughout history, the origins and expansion of the modern state, linkages between state and society, impact of the modern world system on national policies, internal distribution of power and authority, structure of political group formation and individual participation in modern states, and future trends of politics and society in a globalized world. Emphasis is on developing conceptual understandings of state, society, and politics in the modern world. 5 units, not given this year
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 114. Graduate students register for 214.) The sociological approach to production, distribution, consumption, and markets, emphasizing the impact of norms, power, social structure, and institutions on the economy. Comparison of classic and contemporary approaches to the economy among the social science disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor markets, organization of professions such as law and medicine, the economic role of informal networks, industrial organization, including the structure and history of the computer and popular music industries, business alliances, capitalism in non-Western societies, and the transition from state socialism in E. Europe and China. 5 units, Aut (Granovetter, M)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 117A. Graduate students register for 217A.) The transformation of Chinese society from the 1949 revolution to the eve of China's reforms in 1978: creation of a socialist economy, reorganization of rural society and urban workplaces, emergence of new inequalities of power and opportunity, and new forms of social conflict during Mao's Cultural Revolution of 1966-69 and its aftermath. 5 units, not given this year
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 118.) Why social movements arise, who participates in them, the obstacles they face, the tactics they choose, and how to gauge movement success or failure. Theory and empirical research. Application of concepts and methods to social movements such as civil rights, environmental justice, antiglobalization, and anti-war. 5 units, Win (McAdam, D)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 119.) The demographic, economic, political, and cultural roots of social change in the 60s; its legacy in the present U.S. 5 units, Aut (McAdam, D)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 120. Graduate students register for 220.) Forming ties, developing norms, status, conformity, deviance, social exchange, power, and coalition formation; important traditions of research have developed from the basic theories of these processes. Emphasis is on understanding basic theories and drawing out their implications for change in a broad range of situations, families, work groups, and friendship groups. 5 units, Aut (Ridgeway, C)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as SOC 123.) Social influences on private intimate relations involving romantic love and sexuality. Topics include the sexual revolution, contraception, dating, hook-ups, cohabitation, sexual orientation, and changing cultural meanings of marriage, gender, and romantic love. 5 units, Aut (England, P)
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