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Eric Gordy
Human Rights and Transitional Justice
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course will explore the development of international law in relation to violations of human rights from the signing of the Hague and Geneva conventions to the statute of the ICC. The course material will attempt to explain what sorts of approaches have been...
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Charles G. Moskos
Soc 321 - Armed Forces and Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Northwestern University is a private, selective university in Evanston, Illinois. Total undergraduate enrollment is approximately 7,500. Sociology 321, Armed Forces and Society, is offered every fall quarter. Enrollment is 200 students (room size). Occasionally there...
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Leslie Cintron
The Sociology of Work and Family
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course examines selected topics and research in the growing area of work-family studies. During the term we will explore how work and family life interconnect and influence each other and the implications of these linkages for women, men, children, employers,...
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Cynthia Riff Hancock
PRESENTATION GUIDELINE AND EVALUATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This assignment is a group presentation of a chapter from the textbook. Guidelines for the presentation and a format for group evaluation are provided. When your group presents, you must address the following: What is the main point of your article? What are the...
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William (Stephen
International Human Rights
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Human rights are increasingly playing a pivotal role in international relations. Ad hoc international tribunals have been established to prosecute war crimes in Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone. Military interventions have been launched for the sake of human...
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Michael True
People Power:The Story of Global Nonviolence since 1980, Selected Bibliography
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This bibliography accompanies a slide/presentation, with commentary by Michael True, about resisting injustice, resolving conflict, and bringing about social change without killing, in the U.S. from the 17th century to the present (a DVD of the presentation—The...
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Silvia Pedraza
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Latina/o Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Both the study of immigration and the questions that study raises are at the very root of social science. In this course, we survey the literature that gives evidence of the major concepts and questions with which sociologists and historians have approached the...
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Susan C. Warner
SOCIOLOGY 3710-01: FAMILY AND SOCIETY: Family Courses on the Web
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course examines the family as an individual, social, and institutional experience. Particular emphasis is on how family policy has affected the family today. The students examine family patterns in various cultures, with an emphasis on the contemporary social...
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Jennifer J. Waldron
Reflecting on Language in the Classroom: Teaching about Reappropriation
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
I reflect on how I was able to create a teachable moment when, without thinking, I used the term "dyke" in a sport sociology class. My awareness of this situation has allowed me to be honest and sincere to students about the difficulty of using language, especially...
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Elizabeth J. Clifford
IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Political Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
"Immigration is about who and what we are as a Nation." - Shirley Hufstedler, (former) Chair, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, 1997. Immigration is one of the most important forces in American society today, re-shaping cities, suburbs, and rural areas, altering...
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