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Seminar
WiSe 13/14: Global Social Change - Theories and Methods I
Manuela Boatcá
Additional information / Pre-requisites
Arrighi, Giovanni (2009): Adam Smith in Beiijing. Lineages of the 21st Century, London. - Babones, Salvatore/Chase-Dunn, Christopher (2006): Global Social Change. Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Baltimore. - McMichael, Philip (2012): Development and Social Change. A Global Perspective, Thousand Oaks. - So, Alvin Y. (1990): Social Change and Development, Newbury Park. close
Comments
In the works of the discipline's classics as well as those of many contemporary sociologists, the issue of social change is often equated with development and, more recently, globalization, both of which imply the notion of a linear trajectory of social change for every society. Situating the idea of development in the context of the European colonial project, the seminar introduces theoretical perspectives and methodological tools that connect social change, development policies, global inequalities and social movements to an understanding of globalization's gradual and uneven growth throughout social evolution. Historical and comparative social science is employed in order to examine the development of institutions of global governance, the rise and fall of hegemonic states, transnational social movements, gender and global inequalities, and global environmental challenges. The final part of the seminar uses a series of case studies to analyze the development/globalization dilemmas and paradoxes that counter the idea of global social change as a linear process. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2013-10-14 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-10-21 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-10-28 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-11-04 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-11-11 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-11-18 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-11-25 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-12-02 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-12-09 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-12-16 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-01-06 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-01-13 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-01-20 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-01-27 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-02-03 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2014-02-10 10:00 - 12:00