AMERICAN SOCIETY: HOW IT REALLY WORKS

SOCWORK 206

Provides an awareness of problems and concepts of the policy process in the U.S. Explores the political, economic, and institutional frameworks which structure public social welfare choices.

SOCWORK 316

Theory and practice of social justice. Concepts of justice, values and ethics, critical theoretical frameworks, and practical strategies for organizing and advocacy provide the building blocks for this discussion based applied course. Concrete examples of ongoing theory and practice at the local, state, national, and global levels. Advocacy and organizing skills in projects relating to individual priorities.

SOC 624

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

CSCS 795

Enhance your collective ability to identify, describe, and analyze power and empowerment within communities and social, economic, and political systems. Enables us to more effectively and intentionally situate our praxis with regard to power and collective action. Centers on inquiries into the roles that power plays in collective action for community change and improvement, as well as the roles that it often plays in hindering such efforts and maintaining the status quo or defending elite interests.

HISTORY/SOC 670

Political institutional arrangements which have emerged since 1890 and how they have influenced social and economic policies implemented since the Second World War. Why the working class has been politically weak in America; policy consequences of this weakness.