What Does Democracy Look Like?
SOC 250
Spring 2007 not offered
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In this course we will attempt to understand democracy as a social practice and lived experience rather than as a series of representative political institutions. Focusing on the spirit of democracy as a way of life, we will look at different views on bridging this spirit with reality. Asking what constitutes a richly democratic society, we will examine the classical liberal and republican traditions, neo-liberal, neo-conservative, neo-Marxist, and anarchist theory. Throughout, we will connect these theoretical views with efforts to achieve them (self-consciously or not) in practice, looking at contemporary political issues that surround gender and race politics, the environment, and economic development. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Ethical Reasoning |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 OR SOC152 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Frank, Thomas, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS
Selected readings from Alexis de Tocqueville, Gunnar Myrdal, Friedrich von Hayek, Milton Friedman, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, Max Weber, Jurgen Habermas, Robert Putnam, Dinesh D¿Souza, Francis Moore Lappe, William Julius Wilson, Carole Pateman, Iris Marion Young and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
One take-home midterm, two 3-page papers, one 10-12 page final paper, on-line and in-class participation. |
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