Understand and identify the role of historical, societal, class, racial, gender, and generational variation on the development and evaluation of social theory. Understand the role of colonialism, racism, patriarchy, and class in the development of social theory. Identify and understand the major theories of inequality, power, organization, deviance, and social change. Recognize the political implications of these diverse theories. The required text is Berch Berberoglu's An Introduction to Social Theory .
Additional readings are available from the links below, or on reserve at the library.
August 28 Introduction to the Course September 4 Berberoglu, pp. 36-42 Read material on Vilfredo Pareto, Gaetano Mosca, and Robert Michels. October 9 Berberoglu, pp. October 16 Berberoglu, pp. October 23 Berberoglu, pp.