DSOC 6250 - State, Economy, and Society

(HA-AG, SBA-AG) (CU-SBY)

Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

P. McMichael.

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.

Outcome 1: Historicize the social categories common to social science.

Outcome 2: Recognize the uneven character of national political-economies, and the significance of transnational forms of governance.