Sociology 125. American Society: how it really works

2017 PODCASTS & PowerPoint slides of lectures

Syllabus

 

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Prologue: Perspectives and Values

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What kind of a country is this?

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The market: how it is supposed to work

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The market: How it actually works

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The market: How it actually works

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2/2

The environment

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2/7

Transportation

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2/9

Consumerism

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2/14

Health Care

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2/16

Finance           

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2/21

High Road Capitalism

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2/28

Thinking about Fairness and Inequality

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3/2

Class

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3/7

Persistent poverty and Rising Inequality

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3/9

Ending Poverty in America

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3/14

Racial Inequality

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3/16

Racial Inequality

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3/28

Gender inequality

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Gender Inequality

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Democracy : how it works

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4/11 Democracy : how it works podcast

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4/13

Elections and voting

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Taxation, Democracy, and the Attack on the Affirmative State

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Democracy and the Media

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4/25

Militarism and Empire

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Labor Unions

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Democracy from below

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Conclusion: Possible Futures

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