SOC 6060

Topics in Political Sociology

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Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Democracy and Non-Democracy in Comparative Perspective Political Sociology in a broad sub-field in Sociology that ranges over comparative politics institutional development, comparative history as well as contemporary studies of institutions such as law and electoral behavior. Give the geographic an theoretical breadth of the field a "topics" approach ensures that the course will focus on one dimension of the area in an given semester. My course will focus on the comparative political sociology of democratic and non-democratic institutions in the United States and Europe. My focus will be contemporary with historical referents. Student will study political parties as well as social movements. Topics will include nationalism, fascism, populism as well liberalism and neo-liberalism. We will look at how economics, social inequalities as well as migrations impact upon politics. Students will do seminar papers that are based on research designs that might become publishable qualifying papers or dissertation proposals.

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