SOC 264
Spring 2008 not offered
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This course is an introduction to competing theories of the capitalist world-system. Its basic premise is that the world we live in today is a capitalist world-system and that it originated in western Europe circa 1600. The course will focus on theories of the causes of its emergence in western Europe; the characteristics of the global division of labor between core, semiperipheral, and peripheral nation-states; the role of the state; nationalism and racism in the global division of labor; and the contradictory tendencies of this world system. |
Essential Capabilities:
None |
Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC |
Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 OR SOC152 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
J.M. Blaut, THE COLONIZER'S MODEL OF THE WORLD Karl Marx, SELECTED WRITINGS Adam Smith, AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF WEALTH OF NATIONS Eric Wolf, EUROPE AND THE PEOPLE WITHOUT HISTORY Eric Hobsbawn, THE AGE OF CAPITAL Benedict Anderson, IMAGINED COMMUNITIES Immanuel Wallerstein, HISTORICAL CAPITALISM David Korten, WHEN CORPORATIONS RULE THE WORLD Max Weber, THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM Saskie Sessen, GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENT
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Examinations and Assignments: Three take-home essays (7-10 pages each). |
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