printer friendly pageREES 224A: The Soviet Civilization (HISTORY 224A, HISTORY 424A)
Socialist visions and practices of the organization of society and messianic politics; the Soviet understanding of mass violence, political and ethnic; and living space. Primary and secondary sources. Research paper or historiographical essay.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Weiner, A. (PI)
SOC 1: Introduction to Sociology at Stanford
This course to get students to think like a sociologist; to use core concepts and theories from the field of sociology to make sense of the most pressing issues of our time: race and ethnicity; gender and sexuality; family; education; social class and economic inequality; social connectedness; social movements; and immigration. The course will draw heavily on the research and writing of Stanford¿s own sociologist.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 15N: The Transformation of Socialist Societies
Preference to freshmen. The impact of societal organization on the lives of ordinary people in socialist societies and in the new societies arising through the processes of political, economic, and social transformation. Do the concepts of democratization and marketization suffice to characterize ongoing changes? Enrollment limited to 16.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
SOC 16N: African Americans and Social Movements (AFRICAAM 16N, CSRE 16N)
Theory and research on African Americans' roles in post-Civil Rights, US social movements. Topics include women¿s right, LGBT rights, environmental movement, and contemporary political conservativism.
Last offered: Winter 2013
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 22N: The Roots of Social Protest
Preference to freshmen. The conditions under which social protest occurs and the emergence, success, and viability of contemporary social movements. Examples include women's civil rights, ecology, and antiwar and anti-globilization movements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Sociological theories to explain the timing, location, and causes of mobilization; how researchers evaluate these theories. Comparison of tactics, trajectories, and outcomes.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Olzak, S. (PI)
SOC 45Q: Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society (CSRE 45Q)
Preference to sophomores. Historical overview of race in America, race and violence, race and socioeconomic well-being, and the future of race relations in America. Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Snipp, C. (PI)
SOC 46N: Race, Ethnic, and National Identities: Imagined Communities
Preference to freshmen. How new identities are created and legitimated. What does it mean to try on a different identity? National groups and ethnic groups are so large that one individual can know only an infinitesimal fraction of other group members. What explains the seeming coherence of groups? If identities are a product of the imagination, why are people willing to fight and die for them? Enrollment limited to 16.
Last offered: Spring 2014
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
SOC 107: China After Mao (SOC 207)
China's post-1976 recovery from the late Mao era; its reorientation toward an open market-oriented economy; the consequences of this new model and runaway economic growth for standards of living, social life, inequality, and local governance; the political conflicts that have accompanied these changes.
Last offered: Spring 2009
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 108: Political & Historical Sociology (SOC 208)
The differences between historical and sociological analysis of past events. The difference between constructing sociological explanations and describing past events. Topics include: the rise of Christianity, the mafia in a Sicilian village, the trade network of the East India Company.
Last offered: Spring 2014
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
SOC 111: State and Society in Korea (INTNLREL 143, SOC 211)
20th-century Korea from a comparative historical perspective. Colonialism, nationalism, development, state-society relations, democratization, and globalization with reference to the Korean experience.
Last offered: Spring 2014
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
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