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May 31, 2023

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Emily Fairchild
Race and Ethnicity in Everyday Life: Learning and Doing Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Abstract:
In this course we will discuss how race/ethnicity affects our everyday lives as we investigate a specific issue in the Bloomington community. In this introduction to sociology and race/ethnicity students will get first-hand experience in "doing sociology." This...
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Basil Kardaras
A Selected Bibliography on Structural Adjustment, 1990s
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Bibliography on Structural Adjustment, 1990s. This is one of Thirty three selected bibliographies spanning over one hundred pages are presented focusing on scholarship on the Sociology of Development and Women in Development organized by social, political, and...
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D. B. Tindall
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL NETWORK TEXTS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Abstract:
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL NETWORK TEXTS
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Morton Weinfeld
SOCI 327: SOCIOLOGY OF THE JEWS IN NORTH AMERICA
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course will develop an understanding of contemporary North American Jewry using findings of sociology and other social sciences. Social, cultural, and political issues of concern to the Jewish community will be analyzed. The course will examine specific...
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MARJ SCHNEIDER
DISABILITY RIGHTS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Course Objectives • To understand historic and contemporary views of disability. • To recognize the causes of various barriers faced by people with disabilities in areas such as physical access, transportation, employment, education, health care, sexuality, and...
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Carol Wickersham
BELOIT COLLEGE DUFFY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
This volume attempts to answer the question: What makes service-learning in sociology different from say, community service by itself? It is the active engagement of the critical eye, using the sociological imagination and applying theories and concepts to one’s...
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Kum Kum Bhavnani, John Foran
Women, Culture, and Development
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
We begin by tracing the contours of development, feminist, and cultural studies, to raise questions from these vantage points about what development is and could be. We next move toward consideration of particular arenas of contestation, from population, to work, to...
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M. Eugenia Deerman
ASSIGNMENT: PORTFOLIO
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Over the course of the term you will develop a "social problem portfolio." The idea is to encourage students to independently explore a social problem of their choice. Much of your interpretive analysis will emerge from the discussions within your team. Teams...
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ARNOLD DASHEFSKY
AMERICAN JEWRY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course applies several perspectives of sociological analysis to the experience of Jewry in the U.S. Theoretical and empirical materials bearing on these topics and their implications for the future of American Jewry will be discussed. This course may be useful...
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Beth P. Skott
Sociology of Sport
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Sociology of Sport examines sport as both an institution and an agent of socialization. This means that sport is a social phenomenon at its core. With this in mind, we will be exploring the impact of sport on such institutions as politics,...
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