RESEARCH: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION TRAINEES POLITICS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY

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.

C&ESOC/SOC 724

Critical examination of theories and research in political sociology. Topics include: power and interests, state-formation, social movements, class and political behavior, revolutions, ideology, and states and social policy.

POLISCI 862

Reviews a range of approaches that focus on civil society, social movements, ethnic and religious based mobilization, as well as gender and class based approaches to state-society relations.

SOC 624

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

SOC 984

Workshop featuring presentations and discussion of current debates within the sociology of gender.