INTERMEDIATE POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

C&ESOC/SOC 211

Basic principles and definitions of sociology. Readings and discussion of the perspectives of sociology, the individual and society, groups and social process, stratification, organizations and power, demography, and social change.

C&ESOC/SOC 875

Advanced topics in sociology. Topics vary.

SOC 624

Theory of democracy, political culture, comparative studies of voting behavior, political decisions, collective violence, regime breakdowns, social movements, mobilization processes, frame analysis.

C&ESOC/SOC 210

Introduction to the field of American sociology, its subfields and specialized areas of research, theoretical traditions and research methods.

SOC/URBRPL 924

Selected topics in political sociology, e.g., social movements, citizenship, civic engagement, weakening of postwar "social democratic consensus" under financialized globalization pressures.