Spring 2020  |  SOC 8290 Section 001: Topics in Race, Class, Gender and other forms of Durable Inequality -- Things Fall Apart: Polarization and Precarity (65587)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Fri 11:45AM - 02:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 12 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative perspectives on racial inequality; race, class, and gender; quantitative research on gender stratification; stratification in post-communist societies; institutional change and stratification systems; industrialization and stratification. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
4 seats reserved for Sociology PhD students through 12/18/19. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tgowan+SOC8290+Spring2020
Class Description:
This seminar will explore the social roots (and branches) of political polarization in everday experiences and representations of class and race, highlighting intersections with on- and offline gender conflicts, debt and inequality, the opioid crisis and the "mood economy," mass incarceration and the culture of fear.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Social science and humanities graduate students with some grounding in social theory looking for a deeper understanding of the intersection between economic insecurity and political and cultural polarization.
Exam Format:
None
Class Format:
Readings with weekly discussion posts, short lectures and focused discussion. Lots of collaborative whiteboard work. Students will have the option of choosing shorter reading reports plus a term paper or writing 8 longer weekly memos instead.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65587/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 November 2019

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