SOCI 254 - Political Sociology

FC SSCI CD

4 credits
This course is intended as an introduction to a major subfield of sociology, the sociology of politics. We will begin with basic concepts (power, types of authority, the state, representation, citizenship rights). We will proceed to explore the social conditions of democracy, class conflict, bureaucratization, the elitist critique of democracy, the weakness of American socialism, the nature of class/elite power in the United States, and the rise of fascism in interwar Europe.

Prerequisites: one introductory course in POLT or SOCI.