151 - 160 of 220 results for: SOC

Educational success is shaped by educational opportunities in and out of formal schooling systems. But the extent to which educational outcomes and inequality are driven by school-based and non-school-based forces remains an open question. Nor do we have clarity on what features of schools and children's non-school experiences are most important in shaping patterns of educational success. In this year-long research lab, students will work together assembling and analyzing data to answer some of these questions. The research projects will draw on several large educational and social databases constructed by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford including the Stanford Educational Data Archive (SEDA) and the Segregation Explorer (SegX) (see more at https://edopportunity.org). It will be especially useful for PhD students who would like to conduct research using these data.

For first-year Sociology doctoral students only, Introduction and orientation to the field of Sociology. May be repeat for credit

Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, this course seeks to help students to critically interrogate the relationship between housing, schools, and place in cities and suburbs of the U.S. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.

The nation as a form of collective identity in the modern era. Major works in the study of nations and nationalism from comparative perspectives with focus on Europe and E. Asia.

Theory and research on the relationship between social structure and politics. Social foundations of political order, the generation and transformation of ideologies and political identities, social origins of revolutionary movements, and social consequences of political revolution. Prerequisite: doctoral student.

Analysis of quantitative and longitudinal data on national educational systems and political structures. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Classical and contemporary literature covering the sociological approach to markets and the economy, and comparison to other disciplines. Topics: consumption, labor, professions, industrial organization, and the varieties of capitalism; historical and comparative perspectives on market and non-market provision of goods and services, and on recent developments such as the platform economy . The relative impact of culture, institutions, norms, social networks, technology, and material conditions. Prerequisite: doctoral student status or consent of instructor.

Theory, methods, and research in the sociology of the economy and of formal organizations, through presentations of ongoing work by students, faculty, and guest speakers, and discussion of recent literature and controversies. May be repeated for credit. Restricted to doctoral students; others by consent of instructor.

Theory and research on macro-historical changes of sociological significance such as the rise of capitalism, the causes and consequences of revolutions, and the formation of the modern nation state and global world system. Methodological issues in historical and comparative sociology.