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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the communist experiment in the Soviet Union and China. The first half of the course presents the political, social and economic histories that characterize the USSR's and China's particular path to communism. The second half of the course focuses on the consequences of communism by examining each country's demographics, environment, social structures and so on.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines gender as an integral component of socio-economic development in the United States and areas of Latin America. We give attention to processes of industrial restructuring on a global scale that have increased the participation of women in the labor force and transformed men's employment alternatives. The relationship between gender inequality and social order is a central focus. We give special attention to liberal and Marxian approaches in economics.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
How does gender structure social relations? Which social processes create and reinforce gender difference and inequality? This course approaches these questions by introducing the sociological understanding of gender as a multilevel social structure. It then uses this theoretical framework to consider how gender, which often hides behind the "common sense" routine of daily life, structures individual identities, social interactions, social institutions (e.g. the workplace, the family, the state), social networks, and violence. It concludes with a discussion of the implications of sociological research for the future of gender inequality.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines a wide range of issues regarding race, ethnicity and nationalism in Latin America. We will explore the basic sociological, political and cultural concepts of nation, race and ethnicity, emphasizing how they are used in the region. Race and ethnicity have taken on special meanings in Latin America that are disctinct from other regions. Much of the course will focus on how that came about and how race is manifested. We will emphasize comparisons to the U.S. as well as across countries within Latin America. The course will cover populations of African and indigenous origins.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
If "you are what you eat," what are we? What do our food and eating habits reveal about identities, ethnicity, gender roles, sexuality, families, and sub-cultures? Flipping the direction of inquiry, where does our food come from? How do social institutions--from education to corporate markets to law to social movements--influence what and how we eat? This course examines food practices as sociological issues. We will read works by academics and journalists focusing on the politics that shape what is available for us to eat, how these institutions are being resisted, and current concerns about food production and consumption in the U.S.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the experience, organization, and meaning of work in modern industrial societies. Wage labor and wage labor relations, rather than managerial functions, are the main foci of interest with an appreciation and examination of the `bottom-up` everyday experiences and informal cultures of the workplace--so bringing alive and filling out sometimes too wooden economic models. The course offers the opportunity for careful study of some of the founding classical positions in the study of work, but will also focus discussion on classic and more recent ethnographic texts portraying work relations and cultures.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Immigrants often experience discrimination in areas of destination. Religion can strengthen their sense of worth, particularly when the circumstances surrounding departure from the country of origin are traumatic, as with exiles and refugees. We take a comparative approach and use examples from the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. The course broaches questions such as: how does religion transform (and how is it transformed by) the immigrant experience? When is religion used to combat stereotypes? Are there differences between the way men and women or dominant groups and racial minorities understand religion?
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Sociology 342 surveys management theory and practice since the late nineteenth century. How did entrepreneurs first decide to let strangers run their enterprises? How do today's managers motivate workers who expect job fulfillment? We review the key dilemmas managers have faced, with the goal of understanding why modern organizations have such different sorts of management practices and cultures, and also why business trends seem to come and go.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Designed as an extension of SOC 300, this course will be of particular help to students interested in questions of research design. Students will gain greater proficiency in deploying data, in using case studies more effectively in their research, and in writing up the results of a research study.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course will focus on sports and athletes in American communities (not limited to communities in the U.S.), and including sports on the college campus. Students will be asked to write about their own experiences with athletics and to compare them to examples drawn from outstanding first-hand accounts of sports in different community settings. Readings, films, and class discussions will afford opportunities to appreciate the individual and social benefits of participation in athletics, as well as the risks and value distortions that competitive sports may entail.
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