DSOC 6250

State, Economy, and Society

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

Reviews major issues concerning the relations between political and economic institutions and the role of states, markets, firms, social movements, and cultural institutions in the process of social change. Theoretical perspectives are drawn from classical and modern social theory, including the application of comparative and world/historical methodologies.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (HA-AG, SBA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

• Historicize the social categories common to social science.
• Recognize the uneven character of national political-economies, and the significance of transnational forms of governance.

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