printer friendly pageSOC 117A: China Under Mao (SOC 217A)
(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: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Walder, A. (PI)
SOC 129: Social Psychology: Self and Society (SOC 229)
Why do people behave the way they do? This fundamental question drives social psychology, a field that bridges psychology and sociology. This course surveys social psychological research on a wide variety of topics including conformity, morality, respect, generosity, identity, and prejudice, giving students a deeper understanding of the causal architecture of the social world.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 134: Education, Gender, and Development (EDUC 197, FEMGEN 297)
Theories and perspectives from the social sciences relevant to the role of education in changing, modifying, or reproducing structures of gender differentiation and hierarchy. Cross-national research on the status of girls and women and the role of development organizations and processes.
Last offered: Spring 2012
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
SOC 135: Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in the United States (SOC 235)
Causes and consequences. Effects of antipoverty policies, and debates over effective social policies. Focus is on how poverty and inequality are experienced by families, children, and communities. Topics include welfare reform and labor market policies, education, and community-based antipoverty strategies. Preference to Sociology majors and Sociology coterm students.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Young, C. (PI)
SOC 136: Sociology of Law (SOC 236)
(Graduate students register for 236) Major issues and debates. Topics include: historical perspectives on the origins of law; rationality and legal sanctions; normative decision making and morality; cognitive decision making; crime and deviance; the law in action versus the law on the books; organizational responses to law in the context of labor and employment; the roles of lawyers, judges, and juries; and law and social change emphasizing the American civil rights movement.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Dauber, M. (PI)
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Henson, W. (PI)
SOC 140: Introduction to Social Stratification (SOC 240)
(Graduate students register for 240.) The main classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic, and political inequality. Issues include: power; processes that create and maintain inequality; the central axes of inequality in contemporary societies (race, ethnicity, class, and gender); the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; and how social policy can mitigate and exacerbate inequality. Cases include technologically simple groups, the Indian caste system, and the modern U.S.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
SOC 141: Controversies about Inequality (SOC 241)
(Graduate students register for 241.) Debate format involving Stanford and guest faculty. Forms of inequality including racial, ethnic, and gender stratification; possible policy interventions. Topics such as welfare reform, immigration policy, affirmative action, discrimination in labor markets, sources of income inequality, the duty of rich nations to help poor nations, and causes of gender inequality.
Last offered: Autumn 2010
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
SOC 142: Sociology of Gender (FEMGEN 142, FEMGEN 242, 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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Fisk, S. (PI)
SOC 146: Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (ANTHRO 33, CSRE 196C, ENGLISH 172D, TAPS 165)
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.
Last offered: Winter 2013
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
SOC 148: Comparative Ethnic Conflict (CSRE 148, SOC 248)
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.
Last offered: Winter 2013
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
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