SOCIOLOGY 125 AMERICAN SOCIETY how it really works

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SOCIOLOGY 125 AMERICAN SOCIETY: how it really works Professor Erik Olin Wright Open Office

SOCIOLOGY 125 AMERICAN SOCIETY: how it really works Professor Erik Olin Wright Open Office Hours: 8112 D Social Sciences Thursdays, 2 -4 Podcasts: http: //www. ssc. wisc. edu/~wright/Sociology-125 -podcasts-2012. htm

CLASSROOM RULES 1. Turn off cell phones 2. No texting 3. No email 4.

CLASSROOM RULES 1. Turn off cell phones 2. No texting 3. No email 4. No internet surfing

Fourteenth Annual Sociology Department Socio-cultural Bike Tour of Madison lead by Professor Erik Olin

Fourteenth Annual Sociology Department Socio-cultural Bike Tour of Madison lead by Professor Erik Olin Wright Saturday, September 8 (Rain date: Sunday, 9 th) 10: 00 a. m. sharp Meet in the parking lot behind Budget Bicycle 1230 Regent Street

Tuesday, September 3, 2012 LECTURE 1. PERSPECTIVES & VALUES 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THREE OVERARCHING

Tuesday, September 3, 2012 LECTURE 1. PERSPECTIVES & VALUES 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THREE OVERARCHING QUESTIONS: • What kind of society is this? • How does it really work? • In what ways does it need changing? 3. THE VALUES & PERSPECTIVE BEHIND THE COURSE 3. 1 Five core values Freedom Prosperity Efficiency Fairness Democracy 3. 2 Four Kinds of Disagreements 1. What is meant by each of these values. 2. Actual performance of our institutions. 3. Relative priority of different values 4. How much things could really be improved. 3. 3 Where I stand

4. THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY 4. 1 Pivotal Idea: rules govern actions 4. 2 Six Basic

4. THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY 4. 1 Pivotal Idea: rules govern actions 4. 2 Six Basic Sociological Ideas about Social Rules 1. Rules are enforced 2. Rules come in many diverse forms 3. Rules are not neutral – winners & losers 4. Rules are backed by power 5. Rules are often inconsistent 6. Rules change over time