Courses of Study 2013-2014 
    
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Courses of Study 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SOC 6260 - [Controversies in Economic Sociology]


Fall. 4 credits.

Next offered 2015-2016.

R. Swedberg.

This course is open to seniors and graduate students. It takes the form of a seminar in which each meeting will be devoted to a discussion of a controversial and/or difficult issue in economic sociology. Issues that will be discussed for-and-against include the notion of embeddedness, the market, bonuses and homo economicus. For these classes, there will be two readings for each class: one for and one against. Each student will have to argue once “for” and once “against” on some issue. A few topics will also be included where there exist substantially different interpretations rather than just “for-and-against” opinions. The main topic here is the current financial crisis, but we will also be discussing different programs in economic sociology besides embeddedness, especially those of Max Weber and Pierre Bourdieu.




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