printer friendly pageSOC 214: Economic Sociology (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.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Granovetter, M. (PI)
SOC 217A: China Under Mao (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.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Walder, A. (PI)
SOC 218: Social Movements and Collective Action (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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
McAdam, D. (PI)
SOC 220: Interpersonal Relations (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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Ridgeway, C. (PI)
SOC 224B: Contemporary Microsociology (EDUC 312B)
How to interpret interpersonal social situations using contemporary microsociological theories. Interaction processes observed in educational settings. The roles of intention, identity, routines, scripts, rituals, conceptual frameworks, and emotions in interaction. Processes by which interactions reverberate to more general changes in social structure. Readings include Goffman, Collins, Wieder, Garfinkel, Scheff, von Goethe, and Schegloff.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
McFarland, D. (PI)
SOC 228: Introduction to Social Network Analysis (SOC 128)
(Graduate students register for
SOC 228.) Theory and methods of network analysis in sociology (with an emphasis on social movements), anthropology, history, social psychology, economics, political science, and public health. Prerequisite: basic mathematics.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Parigi, P. (PI)
SOC 229X: Urban Education (EDUC 112X, EDUC 212X, SOC 129X)
(Graduate students register for
EDUC 212X or
SOC 229X). Combination of social science and historical perspectives trace the major developments, contexts, tensions, challenges, and policy issues of urban education.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Carter, P. (PI)
SOC 230: Education and Society (EDUC 220C, SOC 130)
The effects of schools and schooling on individuals, the stratification system, and society. Education as socializing individuals and as legitimizing social institutions. The social and individual factors affecting the expansion of schooling, individual educational attainment, and the organizational structure of schooling.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
SOC 231: World, Societal, and Educational Change: Comparative Perspectives (EDUC 136, EDUC 306D)
Theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on the structural and cultural sources of educational expansion and differentiation, and on the cultural and structural consequences of educational institutionalization. Research topics: education and nation building; education, mobility, and equality; education, international organizations, and world culture.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Ramirez, F. (PI)
SOC 234: Research Seminar on Access to Justice (SOC 334)
The functions and dysfunctions of modern legal systems. Topics include: official statements of the U.S. and the EU about the rights of parties to civil disputes; the roles of lawyers as gatekeepers and facilitators; the filtering process by which injuries and experiences become the basis for legal claims; access to and use of courts; the balance of power and advantage between individual persons and organizations in disputes. Prerequisite: advanced undergraduate or graduate standing, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
Instructors:
Chin, D. (PI)
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Sandefur, R. (PI)
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