Introduction to Global Sociology

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  • 10 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on September 1, 2014

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Syllabus

  • Understand the sociological imagination and how to connect your biography to global histories
  • Develop a language to explain important forms of global inequality, including inequality between countries, as well as class, race, and gender inequality
  • Understand your own consumption patterns (especially with regard to your clothes) in global perspective
  • Debate how globalization creates opportunities for both exploitation and empowerment, especially for women workers

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

  • Smitha Radhakrishnan
  • Kalina Yingnan Deng

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