SOCIAL IDENTITIES: DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT

SOC 300

A sociological examination of race, class, gender and sexuality - four central axes of social stratification, identity and experience that have real consequences in people's lives, the opportunities they have, and the challenges they face. Topics include sociological perspectives on how identities and differences are socially constructed and reproduced, and how these categories manifest themselves in inequities in institutions such as schools, workplaces, housing, and the law.

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 335

An introduction to theories and empirical work on social identities, focusing in particular on definitions and measurement. It has three main goals: First, examine various definitions of social identities and different types of identities (ethnicity, race, nationality, gender, class, and religion). Second, look at techniques and strategies that have been developed to measure identities (content and discourse analysis, surveys, interviews and ethnography, censuses). Third, examine empirical works on identities from a variety of geographical areas and methodological perspectives.

POLISCI 825

Analysis of the role of race, class and ethnicity in the political process. Evaluation of theories from political science, economics and sociology. Topics may include policy analysis, political organizations, immigration, political behavior and culture.

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.