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May 31, 2023

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Morten G. Ender
Complete Service-Learning Courses: The Maturity of a Pedogogy
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
This section has courses that involve a significant or complete service-learning (SL) feature. The first edition of this volume (Ender, Kowalewski, Cotter, Martin, & DeFiore, 1996) contained no comprehensive SL courses. At the time, the SL and sociology...
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Basil Kardaras
A Selected Bibliography on Globalization to 1999
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Bibliography on globalization to 1999. 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 economic...
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Thomas W Valente
Diffusion Network Modeling
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This lab assignment is designed to have you graph the know06 network by an attribute, a fictitious adoption of a behavior. I then ask you to do some matrix calculations to calculate personal network exposure to this use.
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Bruce A. Phillips
The Jew in American Society,
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course examines the impact of American society on the American Jew , and the impact of the American Jew on American society. The course is both historical and sociological: it examines the sociology of American Jewry as it has developed over the nineteenth and...
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MARTHA ROSE
CONTEXTS OF DISABILITY: FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE POLITICAL II
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Until the advent of the disability rights movement, disability was seen, generally speaking, as a matter of individual medical diagnosis. People with disabilities were seen as in need of repair; those who were irreparable were the objects of pity and fear. The...
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JoAnn Defiore
Women in Contemporary Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
We will sociologically explore the diverse experiences of women in the United States. Through readings, discussions, and entering the community through a service-learning project, we will learn about the lives of many women. We will discuss race, class, sexuality,...
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Basil Kardaras
Selected Journals on Development, Women and Development, and Related Topics
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Selected Journals on Development, Women and Development, and Related Topics. 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...
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Jonathan White
Global Social Problems: SOCI-104-001
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
"Globalization" is a word we hear frequently, and one which takes on different meanings for different people. All agree, however, that we are living in an ever-expanding globalized world with increasing interconnections between all members of the human population....
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Carol Edelman, Sam Edelman
SOCIOLOGY 153, THE HOLOCAUST: BACKGROUND, TRAGEDY, & AFTERMATH
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Understanding the Holocaust leads to understanding hate. Studying the rise of the Nazis and their extermination of the Jews and other social undesirables is an exploration into how ordinary people can, through mass persuasion and social structural constraints, be led...
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Brenda Riemer
Sport in American Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Socialization
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Course Description: A study of the significance of sport in American society, with emphasis upon sport in the context of American culture, sport and social institutions, socialization and sport, and some projections about the future of American sport. Course...
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