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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · tagged with PPOLSP · returned 12 results
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ECON 246 Economics of Welfare 6 credits
This course presents economic theory on how society as a whole ranks and chooses between different alternatives. It delves into the realm of normative economics analyzing objectives society may want to pursue, mechanisms designed to reach those objectives, and the resulting welfare of individuals affected by the choices made. The theoretical tools discussed will be used to study different mechanisms of voting, redistributing income, government intervention, auctions, and trade. Among other things, students will be exposed to the Pareto criterion, Arrow’s impossibility theorem, the Vickery-Clarke-Grove mechanism, the Coase theorem, utilitarianism, Rawlsian ethics, and welfare theorems.
- Spring 2017, Spring 2024
- International Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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Economics 111
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ECON 246.00 Spring 2017
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 203 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 203 1:10pm-2:10pm
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ECON 246.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 211 1:10pm-2:10pm
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ECON 257 Economics of Gender 6 credits
This course uses economic theory and empirical evidence to examine gender differentials in education, marriage, fertility, earnings, labor market participation, occupational choice, and household work. Trends and patterns in gender-based outcomes will be examined across time, across countries, and within socio-economic groups, using empirical evidence from both historical and recent research. The impact of government and firm policies on gender outcomes will also be examined. By the end of the course, students will be able to utilize the most common economic tools in the study of gender inequality, as well as understand their strengths and weaknesses.
- Spring 2018, Winter 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Winter 2024
- Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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Economics 111
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ECON 257.00 Spring 2018
- Faculty:Prathi Seneviratne 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 203 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 203 9:40am-10:40am
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ECON 257.00 Winter 2020
- Faculty:Prathi Seneviratne 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 203 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 203 12:00pm-1:00pm
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ECON 257.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty:Prathi Seneviratne 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLocation To Be Announced TBA 10:20am-12:05pm
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ECON 257.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Prathi Seneviratne 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 211 9:40am-10:40am
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ECON 257.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Prathi Seneviratne 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 10:10am-11:55am
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ECON 257.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Prathi Seneviratne 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 211 9:40am-10:40am
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HIST 239 Hunger, Public Policy and Food Provision in History 6 credits
For the first four weeks, the course covers the comparative history of famine, and will be led by internationally renowned economic historian Cormac O’Grada, the 2020 Ott Family Lecturer in Economic History at Carleton College. We examine causes and consequences (political, economic, demographic) and the historical memories of famines as well as case studies from Imperial Britain, Bengal and Ireland. In the second half of term, the course broadens its focus to examine the persistence of hunger and the nature of public policies related to food provision in comparative historical contexts.
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HIST 239.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Susannah Ottaway 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLeighton 330 12:00pm-1:00pm
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PHIL 232 Social and Political Philosophy 6 credits
We will study several prominent late twentieth century philosophers writing about social and political justice and representing a variety of views, such as liberalism, socialism, libertarianism, communitarianism, feminism and post-modernism. The following are some of the authors we will read: John Rawls, Gerald Cohen, Robert Nozick, Charles Taylor, Iris Marion Young, Seyla Benhabib, Jurgen Habermas, Jean-Francois Lyotard.
- Spring 2017, Winter 2019, Winter 2022, Spring 2024
- Humanistic Inquiry Intercultural Domestic Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Writing Requirement
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PHIL 232.00 Spring 2017
- Faculty:Anna Moltchanova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 402 3:10pm-4:55pm
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PHIL 232.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty:Anna Moltchanova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 402 1:15pm-3:00pm
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PHIL 232.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Anna Moltchanova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 236 8:15am-10:00am
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PHIL 232.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Anna Moltchanova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 236 3:10pm-4:55pm
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POSC 253 Welfare Capitalisms in Post-War Europe 6 credits
In this course students will explore the different kinds of welfare states that exist in Europe, the political economic and social conditions that made them possible and the debates about their strengths, weaknesses and prospects. We will review the so-called “varieties of capitalism” literature along with key welfare policies such as social insurance, health care, education, unemployment insurance, family and income support, and pensions. Welfare states use combinations of these policies differently to insure citizens against “old” and “new” risks. Finally, the course looks at how welfare regimes have responded of migration, financial, and public health crises.
- Fall 2021, Fall 2022
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 253.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Paul Petzschmann 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 402 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 402 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 253.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Paul Petzschmann 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 330 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 257 Marxist Political Thought 6 credits
A discussion seminar focussed on an in-depth reading of Karl Marx’s “Capital” as well as an exploration of “Marxism after Marx” in the work of Engels, Lenin and Bernstein. The second part of the course will focus on themes raised by Marx in the Political Economy literature today: economic growth and inequality, the role of the state, taxation and redistribution.
- Winter 2023, Spring 2024
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 257.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Paul Petzschmann 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 236 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 236 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 257.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Paul Petzschmann 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 426 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 426 1:10pm-2:10pm
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POSC 273 Race and Politics in the U.S. 6 credits
This course addresses race and ethnicity in U.S. politics. Following an introduction to historical, sociological, and psychological approaches to the study of race and ethnicity, we apply these approaches to understanding the ways in which racial attitudes have been structured along a number of political and policy dimensions, e.g., welfare, education, criminal justice. Students will gain an increased understanding of the multiple contexts that shape contemporary racial and ethnic politics and policies in the U.S., and will consider the role of institutional design, policy development, representation, and racial attitudes among the general U.S. public and political environment.
- Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Winter 2024
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 273.00 Fall 2017
- Faculty:Christina Farhart 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 305 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 305 2:20pm-3:20pm
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POSC 273.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Christina Farhart 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 304 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 304 2:20pm-3:20pm
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POSC 273.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Christina Farhart 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 230 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 230 2:20pm-3:20pm
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POSC 273.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Christina Farhart 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WHasenstab 105 11:10am-12:20pm
- FHasenstab 105 12:00pm-1:00pm
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POSC 273.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Christina Farhart 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WHasenstab 105 11:10am-12:20pm
- FHasenstab 105 12:00pm-1:00pm
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POSC 274 Globalization, Pandemics, and Human Security 6 credits
What are the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on global politics and public policy? How do state responses to COVID-19 as well as historical cases such as the Black Death in Europe, the SARS outbreak in East Asia and Middle East, and the Ebola outbreak in Africa help us understand the scientific, political, and economic challenges of pandemics on countries and communities around the world? We will apply theories and concepts from IR, political economy, and natural sciences to explore these questions and consider what we can learn from those responses to address other global challenges like climate change.
- Fall 2021, Fall 2023
- International Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry Writing Requirement
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POSC 274.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Tun Myint 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 203 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 274.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Tun Myint 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THHasenstab 002 3:10pm-4:55pm
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RELG 289 Global Religions in Minnesota 6 credits
Somali Muslims in Rice County? Hindus in Maple Grove? Hmong shamans in St. Paul hospitals? Sun Dances in Pipestone? In light of globalization, the religious landscape of Minnesota, like America more broadly, has become more visibly diverse. Lake Wobegon stereotypes aside, Minnesota has always been characterized by some diversity but the realities of immigration, dispossession, dislocation, economics, and technology have made religious diversity more pressing in its implications for every arena of civic and cultural life. This course bridges theoretical knowledge with engaged field research focused on how Midwestern contexts shape global religious communities and how these communities challenge and transform Minnesota.
- Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry Intercultural Domestic Studies Writing Requirement
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RELG 289.00 Spring 2019
- Faculty:Michael McNally 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 303 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RELG 289.00 Spring 2020
- Faculty:Michael McNally 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 304 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RELG 289.00 Spring 2021
- Faculty:Michael McNally 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLocation To Be Announced TBA 1:45pm-3:30pm
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RELG 289.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Michael McNally 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 303 1:15pm-3:00pm
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SOAN 206 Critical Perspectives on Work in the Twenty-first Century 6 credits
The American employment landscape continues to shift rapidly. In this course, we explore how social statuses such as gender, race, social class, age, and disability impact different types of workers who find themselves also challenged by work overload, new technologies, downsizing, and an unstable economy that mandates a reconsideration of retirement goals. Both ethnographic and statistical accounts inform our study of the academic field called, “Sociology of Work, Occupations, and Organizations.” While reviewing course material you will concurrently investigate a career of personal interest, learning what your “dream job” encompasses and how it functions in the contemporary world.
- Spring 2021, Spring 2022
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Social Inquiry Writing Requirement
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SOAN 206.00 Spring 2021
- Faculty:Annette Nierobisz 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLocation To Be Announced TBA 1:00pm-2:10pm
- FLocation To Be Announced TBA 1:50pm-2:50pm
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SOAN 206.00 Spring 2022
- Faculty:Annette Nierobisz 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 231 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 231 9:40am-10:40am
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SOAN 252 Growing up in an Aging Society 6 credits
Both the U.S. and global populations are trending toward a world with far fewer young people than ever before. So, what does it mean to grow up in a rapidly aging society? This course explores age, aging, and its various intersections with demographic characteristics including gender, sexuality, race, and social class. We situate age and aging within the context of macro-structural, institutional, and micro-everyday realms. Some topics we will examine include: media depictions and stereotypes; interpersonal relationships and caregiving; the workplace and retirement; and both the perceptions and inevitable realities of an aging population.
- Fall 2021, Fall 2022
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Writing Requirement
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SOAN 252.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Annette Nierobisz 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 233 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 233 9:40am-10:40am
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SOAN 252.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Annette Nierobisz 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 133 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 133 9:40am-10:40am
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SOAN 310 Sociology of Mass Incarceration 6 credits
Since the 1980s, the United States criminal justice system has embarked on a social experiment we now call, “mass incarceration.” The outcome – unprecedented rates of imprisonment, particularly in BIPOC communities – has had devastating consequences for individuals, families, neighborhoods, and American society. This course explores the causes and consequences of mass incarceration. Potential topics include: race, class, gender, and age in the prison system; the impacts of incarceration on children and intimate partners who get left behind; punishment strategies such as solitary confinement and the death penalty; the lucrative business of the prison industrial complex; and the promise of prison abolition.
- Winter 2022, Winter 2023
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry Writing Requirement
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Prerequisites: The department strongly recommends that Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above.
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SOAN 310.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Annette Nierobisz 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WWeitz Center 136 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWeitz Center 136 12:00pm-1:00pm
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SOAN 310.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Annette Nierobisz 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WWeitz Center 136 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWeitz Center 136 12:00pm-1:00pm