11010

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

David Madden

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10:30 - 11:50 am

OLIN 204

SSCI

Cross-listed: Environmental Studies The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the sociological perspective. The goal is to illustrate the ways in which different social forces that impinge on our daily life affect our society. The approach of the course is that of inquiry, the driving force of the discipline, and will touch on topics such as: theory and key concepts (socialization, culture, power), difference (race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality), institutions (state, media, citizenship), and social change (public sphere, civil society, civic engagement, social movement).

11601

SOC / HIST 214 Contemporary American Immigration

Joel Perlmann

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4:00 – 5:20 pm

OLIN  202

SSCI/DIFF

Cross-listed:  American Studies, Human Rights, Social Policy, SRE  This course will include a backward glance at American immigration in the period 1930 through 1965, but it focuses primarily on the contemporary immigration (1965-2010) that began arriving after immigration law was changed in the later year. Major themes include similarities and contrasts to earlier periods of American immigration, who comes and why; the immigrants’ economic impact on American society (including the economic impact on the native-born poor); how the children of the immigrants have fared; whiteness, multiculturalism and assimilation; and finally immigration policy and politics. This is the second part of a year-long course which deals with both past and present; either half may be taken separately.

11047

PS 258 Strategies of Political and Social Change

Pierre Ostiguy

. . W . F

3:00 -4:20 pm

OLIN 202

SSCI

See Political Studies section for description.

11388

SOC 258 Political Sociology: Exploring the Social Foundations of Politics

David Madden

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1:00 -2:20 pm

ASP 302

SSCI

Cross-listed: American Studies An introduction to political sociology. Seeing politics as more than just voting, parties, and the policy process, this course aims to develop a sociological perspective on those elements of collective life that are often taken for granted but which supply the foundations of our political imaginary. Drawing upon theoretical works and empirical case studies, this course will analyze major concepts in political sociology, including the state, civil society, social movements, and citizenship. Students will learn to scrutinize and deploy concepts like ideology, discourse, power, identity, and bureaucracy. A final section on the course will explore the fate of the state and civil society in the age of globalization.

11389

SOC 265 Space and Place in Urban Sociology & Geography

David Madden

M . W . .

3:00 -4:20 pm

OLIN 101

SSCI

Cross-listed: STS, EUS This course will analyze the production of space and place, with an emphasis on the urban. Examining the history of urban geographical thought, we will begin with classic paradigms like human ecology and move on to critical perspectives that explore the relationship between the city and development, capitalism, politics and science. Course readings will include foundational texts in urban theory and studies of American cities, as well as works examining the cities of the “global south.” We will explore the role of space in structuring social life; the promise and perils of a completely urbanized earth; and the intersections between culture and nature.

11412

ANTH 273 Anthropology of Mass Incarceration

Jed Tucker

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2:30 -3:50 pm

OLIN 202

SSCI

See Anthropology section for description.

11572

SST 298 Exiles, Refugees, and Survivors: The Exodus from Hitler’s Germany

David Kettler

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4:00 -6:20 pm

OLIN 306

SSCI

See Social Studies section for description.

11011

SOC 304 Modern Sociological Theory

Michael Donnelly

M . W . .

1:30 – 2:50 pm

OLINLC 206

SSCI

Cross-listed: Human Rights A critical investigation into the development of modern sociological theories in the United States and Europe. The course will examine, among other schools and traditions, functionalism, conflict theory, exchange and rational choice theory, symbolic interactionism, feminist theory, and critical theory. Readings include works by Talcott Parsons, Ralf Dahrendorf, Jon Elster, George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, Harold Garfinkel, Dorothy Smith, Michel Foucault, and Jurgen Habermas. Prerequisite: Sociology 203 or permission of the instructor.

11587

HIST 324 Society, Politics, Racialization and the Transformation of Immigration Policy in the U.S. and other Western Countries, 1870-1930

Joel Perlmann

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4:30 -6:50 pm

OLIN 201

SSCI/DIFF

See History section for description.

11012

SOC 338 Welfare States in Comparative Perspective

Michael Donnelly

. T . . .

1:30 -3:50 pm

ALBEE 106

SSCI

Cross-listed: Global & Int’l Studies, Human Rights, Political Studies, Social Policy “The era of big government is over.” Is it? If so, with what consequences? This course retraces the main lines of development of the welfare state, examining the social demands and political conflicts out of which “welfare” emerged, and the values and principles which have subsequently informed welfare policies. The course proceeds, secondly, to consider debates and conflicts over the scope and aims of welfare states during the last two decades. It ends, finally, by considering innovative policy ideas to reform the welfare state or bring it into line with changing realities. Case studies will be drawn from Sweden, Germany, Britain, Italy, and the USA; comparison of the limited, piecemeal approach of the US with more comprehensive European social democracy will be a consistent focus. The policy arenas to be discussed will include youth unemployment and job sharing; equal opportunity for women; the social integration of marginalized groups; flexible time regimes; and the challenge of an aging population.