Sociology 206: Sociological Theory

Professor: James Moody

Jmoody77@soc.duke.edu

Meeting Time: WF 10:05AM - 11:20AM

Place: Soc Psych 331

Office Hours: WF 2:00-3:00 & by appointment

Overview:

This class provides a foundation in the central ideas of social theory for academic sociologists. Social theory is broad, and we unfortunately haven't the time to cover all aspects and approaches. Instead, I focus the class substantively on the problem of order, which looms large behind the works of the founding theorists in our discipline (and much current work), and methodologically on theory construction and evaluation.

The problem of order relates to how society as a whole is held-together. Why, in the face of innumerable pressures to the contrary, doesn't society descend into anarchy? Theorists' solutions to the problem of order (necessarily?) sets limits to human action and knowledge, which forms the corollary “problem of action.” We proceed roughly chronologically through the last 400 years or so social thought. At the end of the course, I hope that you can articulate a solution to the problem of order and understand the implications for action that this implies, such that you can apply the resulting principles to your own work.

Each of these theorists also used different theory construction and evaluation principles, ranging from philosophical deduction resting on divine right to statistical methods for large-scale data. At the end of this course, you should be able to identify and defend different methods for evaluating and constructing social theory.

Scope

The goal of this course is not to complete your theoretical education, but to whet your appetite for further reading. Over the course of your career, you will continuously read (and contribute to) social theory. The purpose of empirical sociology -- all the stuff we as professional sociologists spend most of our time doing -- is to build a solid understanding of the principles that shape social life – theory.

A note on reading

The reading for most meetings contains more than you can likely finish. This is normal and expected. Throughout your career, you will find that you have more to read than you can complete. You will be forced to budget your time, and develop the ability to read selectively to grasp the meaning of an argument quickly. Develop a strategy. For example, it is oftentimes better to read a little carefully than a lot poorly, and once you get the main idea of an author's work, your reading should speed considerably. Because this class is a prelude to your own independent work as theorists, it is more important that you learn how to use social theory in empirical analyses and how to critically evaluate theory, instead of blithely memorizing parts of theorist's arguments. To this end, I encourage you to use secondary sources to help guide your understanding.

A note on writing

While the majority of your Ph.D. training will focus on methods and particular substantive issues, the life-bread of a professional sociologist is writing. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that you develop strong writing skills. Never turn in a draft that is not copy-edited, and always give yourself time to re-write. I should never see a first draft of your work. If you have trouble with writing, you may also want to purchase and read one of a number of writing style guides, such as:

Corder, Jim W. and Ruszkiewicz, John J. (1989) The Handbook of Current English

Elbow, Peter. (1981) Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process. Oxford University Press.

Lamott, Anne. (1994) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Doubleday

Strunk and White (2000). The Elements of Style. Boston : Allyn and Bacon

Thomas, F. N. and Mark Turner (1994) Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press

Zinsser, William. (1990) On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction. Harper Perennial

A note on class participation

This course is a seminar, not a lecture series. Unlike undergraduate courses, where the purpose is (often) to master a definitive set of "facts," the purpose of this course is to develop your thinking skills in preparation for a career as a social scientist. What matters most is developing the critical thinking skills needed to evaluate theory. As such, I will lecture as little as possible. Instead, I hope to moderate a lively discussion centered on key questions from the readings. This format mimics in miniature what you will be doing as professional sociologists, actively engaging in theoretical debates with colleagues. I expect discussion to be professional and polite (no personal attacks, please), but engaged. Do not shy away from points. Do push arguments. Do not accept two logically inconsistent points as "equally valid perspectives." Do seek to integrate alternative perspectives and understand the basic assumptions that drive different conclusions. We seek to develop a deeper understanding of social theory by confronting alternative positions. I will push you on your arguments, and I trust you will do the same for each other. For this format to work, you must be active participants. If discussion does not emerge spontaneously, I'll ask you to answer questions directly and push for your point of view.

Each day, two or three students will be “in charge” of a part of the reading for that day. These discussion leaders will have the primary responsibility for raising questions and pushing along discussion. We will space out this responsibility such that everyone takes the lead 3 or 4 times over the semester.

I have assigned each of you to be a leader as outlined in the attached memo. This is a random assignment, and you can trade with others if you’d prefer. Just let me know.

A note on notes. I don’t recommend taking notes in class. It’s difficult to be engaged with the discussion if you’re spending your time writing. I’ll make any notes I have available for you after class, and you will likely want to take notes on the readings as you read.

Course Requirements:

Grade Breakdown:

Briefs: 4 @ 17.5% each (total: 70%)

Take Home Final: 20%

Class Participation (discussion leadership): 10%

Theory briefs

The bulk of your grade comes from four ‘briefs’ of roughly 5 to 7 pages that summarize and critique the reading for that day. Styled after a legal brief, a person should be able to read your brief and get the central argument of the reading you are writing about. The brief should have 6 parts:

(1) Proper bibliographic citation, including original date of publication.

(2) An indication of how this work fits into the overall intellectual career of its author, and the social-historical context of its creation.

(3) A statement of the key problem addressed by the work.

(4) A summary of its essential argument.

(5) An account of the kind of support given for that argument.

(6) A critical response, including a statement of what you found most interesting.

Grading of the briefs will roughly weight exposition (parts 3,4, and 5) two thirds and critique (part 6) one third.

Briefs should be turned in at the beginning of the day we cover the material. There are two special briefs everyone must write: First, at least one of your briefs must be on the substantive theories of either Marx, Weber or Durkheim (you can, of course, write on each. The material on sociological method from Weber and Durkheim do not count toward this requirement. Second, one of your briefs must be on the contemporary use of one of the substantive theories we are reading. That is, you should find a piece of current sociological work -- preferably from one of the major journals such as ASR, AJS or Social Forces, that cites the theorist we are reading. This should summarize the paper's main argument, but pay particular attention to how the classical theory is being used in the paper. The best way to find relatively current work that draws on the theory would be at www.jstor.org

There is no set due dates. But it is obviously efficient for you to turn in a brief on the day you are preparing to lead discussion for the class!

Final exam

The final exam will consist of one or 2 questions that ask you to critique, integrate and apply work across multiple theorists we have read. This should result in a 5-7 page paper that answers the question(s) posed.

Texts:

The main texts for the course will be the 2-volume readers edited by Calhoun, Gerteis, Moody, Pfaff, Schmidt, and Virk: Classical Sociological Theory, 2^nd Ed. (Referred to as "ClST" below) and Contemporary Sociological Theory, 2^nd Ed (CoST below). The books are available from the bookstore. Since most of the There will be readings available on-line or passed out in class as well.

In addition, we will be reading:

· Collision of Wills: How Ambiguity about Social Rank Breeds Conflict by Roger V. Gould. 2003.

· The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt

· Selections from The Philosophy of Social Science (copies provided)

· A sample of articles from the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Theory.

Suggested Extensions, Background & Secondary Texts:

Alexander, J. C. 1987. Twenty Lectures: Sociological Theory Since World War II. New York: Columbia University Press.

Collins, R. 1994. Four Sociological Traditions . New York: Oxford University Press.

Heilbroner, R. L. 1986. The Worldly Philosophers. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Ritzer, G. 1992. Sociological Theory. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Turner, J. H. 1978. The Structure of Sociological Theory. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press.

Online resources

Class web page is a great place to find updates & notes. All online resources are listed from there as well (such as links to Jstor papers).

http://www.soc.duke.edu/~jmoody77/s206/index.htm

This page will include:

· An up-to-date copy of the syllabus, that will reflect any changes in the course as we progress (if, for example, we discover we need to spend more time on a particular subject or to move on to another topic). Links from the syllabus will take you to my notes on the reading (posted after the class).

· Links to alternative sources for the reading, background, etc.

Class Schedule.

There is an alternative calendar view at the end of the syllabus w. exact page numbers. The online version is up-to-date (and counts as the only up-to-date source!).

**NOTE**

As I will be on a Duke trip to China from September 16 – Oct 4, we need to reschedule some classes. I have done this by moving courses into the week following classes, so our last class is on Dec 5. We will also schedule a discussion of The Human Condition for a day/time this semester we all have open (after Oct 4).

Section I: Introduction and meta-theory

Meeting 1

Introductory session: Introduction to the course and each other. What is the goal of social theory? Why read the classics? What are the criteria to evaluate theory?

Reading:

· Introduction: The Sociological Theory Reader, Vol. 1 (ClST)

· Camic and Gross “Contemporary Developments in Sociological Theory” ARS 24: 453-476 (jstor)

· Andrew Abbott, Chaos of Disciplines, Chapter 1 (provided)

Background:

· Ritzer Sociological Theory Chapter 1. "A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory"

· Turner, The Structure of Sociological Theory, chapter 1

· Alexander, Twenty Lectures, chapter 1

Meeting 2:

Title: Methods of Social Theory. How do we evaluate a social theory? What is a critique? What are the valid grounds for critiquing a theory? How do we link ideas from theory to empirical work?

Reading:

· Chapters 1-3 of Martin Hollis, The Philosophy of Social Science

· Durkheim: The Rules of Sociological Method (CST)

· Read two of the following:

® Weber: "Objectivity' in Social Science" (CST)

® Merton: "The Bearing of Empirical Research on Sociological Theory" (CST) See also "Sociological Theories of the Middle Range" (CST: skim)

® Giddens: “New Rules of Sociological Method” (CoST)

® Lieberson, S. and Freda B. Lynn. "Barking up the wrong branch: Scientific alternatives to the current model of sociological science." (Jstor)

Background:

Coleman, James S. (1990) Foundations of Social Theory. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Feyerabend, P. (1975) Against Method. London: New Left Books

Hume, D. (1975 [1748]) Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding. Oxford: Clarendon Press

Kant, I. (1929 [1781]) The Critique of Pure Reason. London: Macmillan

Kuhn, T. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Pearl, Judea. (2000) Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Popper, Karl. (1959) The Logic of Scientific Discovery. New York: Routledge

------- (1983) Realism and the Aim of Science. New York: Routledge

Rosenau, Pauline Marie. (1992) Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences: Insights, Inroads and Intrusions. Princeton: Princeton University Press

Wallace, Walter L. (1979) The Logic of Science in Sociology. New York: Aldine de Gruyter

Winch, Peter. (1990) The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy. 2^nd ed. New Jersey. Humanities Press International

Wittgenstein. L. (1953) Philosophical Investigations. Oxford: Basil Blackwell

Section II: The Classics

Meeting : 3

Philosophical Foundations for Social Theory.

Here we examine some of the key pieces that form the philosophical background for Durkheim, Marx, Weber, et. al. This is the work they were responding to, and provides a set of key touchstones for the central questions in social theory.

Reading:

Rousseau: The Social Contract (ClST)

Plus one of:

Kant: “What is Enlightenment?” (ClST)

Adam Smith: Wealth of Nations (ClST)

Tocqueville: Democracy in America (ClST)

Background:

Any good history of philosophy is a good place to start. There is a long secondary literature on social contract theory, In addition, you’d want to look at the work of Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Machiavelli, and Aristotle. Some good readers include:

· Gay, Peter. (1995) The Enlightenment: An Interpretation.

· Heilbroner, Robert L. The Worldly Philosophers

· Lessnoff, Michael (1990) Social Contract theory. New York : New York University Press

· Plato. Republic, Book II.

· Rawls, John. (1971) A theory of Justice

Meeting 4:

Title: Durkheim: Problems of Social Integration. What factors hold society together? What are the interaction bases for social cohesion? Where does Law come from? What function does law have? What role for religion? Is industrialization bad for social cohesion?

Reading: (read one closely, know the basic argument of the other)

· CST: Introduction to Part II

· The Division of Labor in Society (CST).

· The Elementary Forms of Religions Life (CST)

· Suicide: (Book II)

Background:

· Social Evolution perspectives, such as

Comte: The System of Positive Philosophy

Spencer: The principles of sociology.

------ Social Statics

Haines, Valerie A. (1988) "Is Spencer's Theory an Evolutionary Theory?" American Journal of Sociology. 93:1200-1223.

· There are many treatments of aspects of Durkheim's work in the major sociology journals, refer to these for particular sources and aspects of ED's work.

Meeting 5:

Durkheim (con’t)

Readings as above

Meeting 6:

Title: Marx. What are the forces that drive modern industrial capitalism? How stable are these forces? What implications do they have for long-term economic stability? For inequality?

Reading:

· Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts (ClST)

· Manifesto of the Communist Party (ClST – skim)

· Wage Labor and Capital (ClST)

· Classes (ClST)

· Theses on Feuerbach (provided)

Background:

· Tucker, Robert C. The Marx Engles Reader (introduction)

· Heilbroner, Robert L. The Worldly Philosophers (chap 6)

· Avineri, Shlomo. (1968) The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx. Cambridge University Press

Meeting 7.

Marx (con’t)

Reading as above

Meeting 8:

Title: Weber: Social Action, Economy & Society, Bureaucracy and Politics. How is domination organized? What is Power? What distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power? What are the basic theoretical elements for social theory? What are the dimensions that determine social standing? Does religious organization create capitalism?

Reading:

· All of Part IV, ClST

Background:

· Roth, Guenther. Introduction to the Roth and Wittich translation of Economy and Society

· Gerth & Mills, From Max Weber Introduction

· Swedberg, R. Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology

· Kalberg, Stephen. Introduction to his new (2002) version of The Protestant Ethic

Meeting 9:

Weber (Con’t)

Reading as above

Meeting 10:

Title: Functionalists. Is there a guiding purpose underlying social structure? Is social organization functional? How does social organization affect individuals? Are there fundamental domains that comprise a social system?

Reading:

· All of Part VII ClST (except Merton’s “Middle Range”); focus on Merton, we’ll (like everyone else) give Parsons less time/credit than he should get….

Background:

Functionalism was the dominant theoretical perspective in the post WWII era, and many commentaries on it are out there. Some of the following are nice:

· Alexander, Twenty Lectures is excellent

· Parsons. (1990) "Prolegomena to a Theory of Social Institutions" American Sociological Review, 55:319-333 and surrounding commentary

· Aberle, D. F., A. K. Cohen, A. K. Davis, M. J. Jr. Levy, and F. X. Sutton. 1950. "The Functional Prerequisites of a Society." Ethics 60:100-111.

· Munch, R. 1994. Sociological Theory: From the 1920s to the 1960s. Chicago: Nelson-Hall Publishers.

Section III: Modern Classics

Meeting 11:

Title: Self & Society. Here we take a turn to micro-sociology with some of the classic literature on the relation between individual and group. Raises key questions about identity, the self, and audience.

Reading:

· Mead “The Self”

· Simmel “The Stranger”

· Simmel “Group Expansion and the Development of Individuality”

· Freud “Civilization and its Discontents”

· Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk

Background:

Many treatments exist, see the general background readings listed above. Also consider:

· Donald N. Levine, Ellwood B. Carter, Eleanor Miller Gorman. (1976) "Simmel's Influence on American Sociology: I" American Journal of Sociology. 81:813-845.

Meeting 12:

Title: Micro Soc & Critical Theory. Here we continue questions about self & society, with a focus on meaning and social construction. Questions cover a range of topics from how people present themselves, the reality of self and other, and social meaning

Reading:

· Introduction to part VI of Classical Sociological Theory

o Mannheim Ideology & Utopia

· Introduction to part 1 of Contemporary Sociological Theory

o Berger & Luckmann “The Social Construction of Reality”

o Goffman: The presentation of Self in Everyday Life

o Blumer: Symbolic Interactionism

Background:

This line of work has sparked a huge subfield in sociology. Check out the journal Symbolic Interaction for some of the most recent work.

Meeting 13:

Title: Exchange and Rationality. A market-based untility model is the foundation for most contemporary work in economics and often much of the work in contemporary sociology (though it is often discussed in different terms). When does a market mechanism work? How much of social life is a process of exchange? How do we value social goods? What role does ambiguity play in social life?

Reading:

· Introduction to part II (CoST)

· Foundational RC work (read any 2 of this section)

o Homans “Social Behavior as Exchange”

o Blau “Exchange and Power in Social Life”

o Olson “The Logic of Collective Action”

o Coleman “Rights to Act”

· Cook et. al. “Cooperation without Law or Trust” (CoST)

· Leifer “Action Preludes to Role Setting” (Jstor)

Background:

See the bibliographies to each of the introduction sections for good secondary material. For contemporary work, see any recent issue of Rationality & Society. For the work on social capital, see the two-volume special issue of The American Behavioral Scientist on social capital and networks. Other good works include:

· Coleman, James S. 1988. "Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital." American Journal of Sociology 94:s95-s120.

· ———. 1990. Foundations of Social Theory. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.

· ———. 1993. "The Rational Reconstruction of Society" American Sociological Review 58:1-15.

· Coleman, James S. and Thomas J. Fararo. 1992. Rational Choice Theory: Advocacy and Critique. Newbury Park: SAGE Publications.

· Hollis, Martin. 1987. The Cunning of Reason. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

· Homans, George C. 1964. "Bringing Men Back In." American Sociological Review 29:809-18.

· Macy, Michael W. and John Skvoretz. 1998. "Trust and Cooperation between Strangers: A Computational Model." American Sociological Review 63:638-60.

· Oliver, Pamela, Gerald Marwell, and Ruy Teixeira. 1985. "A Theory of the Critical Mass. I. Interdependence, Group Heterogeneity, and the Production of Collective Action." American Journal of Sociology 91:522-56.

· Schelling, T. 1971. "Dynamic Models of Segregation." Journal of Mathematical Sociology 1 :143-86.

Section IV: Contemporary & Postmodern Theory

Meeting14:

Title “Institutions and Networks” Why do organizations look so similar? How are economic exchanges situated in social networks? What features of social life are given? Is there a unique relational basis for sociology?

Readings:

· DiMaggio and Powell “The Iron Cage Revisited”

· Granovetter “Economic Embeddedness”

· Harrison White “Cat-Nets”

· Emirbayer “Manifesto for Relational Sociology” (jstor)

Background:

For background on networks, see Moody’s on-line network course and references therein. Good references / examples of institutional theory and economic sociology include:

· Baum, Joel A. and Christine Oliver. 1992. "Institutional Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Organizational Populations." American Sociological Review 57:540-559.

· Burt, Ronald S. 2000. "The Network Structure of Social Capital." Research in Organizational Behavior 22.

· Parsons, Talcot. 1990. "Prolegomena to a Theory of Social Institutions." American Sociological Review 55:319-33.

· Powell, Walter W. and Paul J. DiMaggio. 1991. The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

· Uzzi, Brian. 1999. "Embeddedness in the Making of Financial Capital: How Social Relations and Networks Benefit Firms Seeking Financing." American Sociological Review 64:481-505.

· White, Harrison C. 1995. "Social Networks Can Resolve Actor Paradoxes in Economics and in Psychology." .

· Williamson, Oliver E. 1985. The Economic Institutions of Capitalism. New York: Free Press.

Meeting 15:

Foucault: What is social structure? How does knowledge shape power? How free are choices? How do we fit bodies into our social theory?

Readings:

· All of CoST, Part IV. Focus on Discipline & Punish and Truth & Power

Background:

Again, lots of literature out there on M. Foucault – check the bib of CoST for leads.

Meeting 16:

Title: Anthony Giddens Can we integrate structure and action? What would this task mean for either?

Readings: All of Part V, except the “new rules.”

Background: Secondary literature is thinner than for the classics. Best sources are the many interviews he’s given.

Meeting 17:

Title: Bourdieu. Arguably the world’s leading French social theorist, profoundly influential over the last 20 years of social theory. Key questions relate to the power of symbols, routine, order and social distinction.

Readings:

· All of Part VI, CoST

· Sewell, William H. Jr. 1992. "A Theory of Structure: Duality, Agency, and Transformation." American Journal of Sociology 98:1-29. (jstor)

Background:

There is a huge secondary literature on Bourdieu, check out the journal Sociological Theory, or Theory and Society, for recent work. A good book-length treatment is Richard Jenkin’s book Pierre Bourdieu (Routledge Press).

Meeting 18:

Title: Bourdieu (cont’d) & general catch up day.

Readings As above

Meeting 19:

Title: Where does conflict come from? Here we read a new work that is not (yet) a recognized classic. Gould was the youngest editor ever of AJS; a prolific writer on networks, conflict, and general social theory. This book tries to identify the structural foundations for social conflict. It thus provides us with a clear “middle range” theory problem.

Readings:

· Gould: Collision of Wills

Background:

· There is a long line of research on the sources of social power, foundations of conflict, and good empirical work on conflict.

Power:

· Steven Lukes Power: A Radical View

· John Gaventa, Power and Powerlessness

· Hannah Arendt, On Violence

· The Body in Pain (Elain Scarry. 1985. Oxford University Press) (Role of Torture, focus on part 1)

Empirics:

· The El Mozote Massacre (Leigh Binford. 1996. University of Arizona Press) (On El Salvador)

· Shantung Compound (Langdon Gilkey. 1996. Harper Collins) (Life inside a Japanese wartime prison)

· Love thy Neighbor: A story of War (Peter Maass. 1996. Alfred A Knopf) (Bosnia)

· Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey (Fergal Keane. 1995. Viking Press)

· The Face of Battle (John Keegan. 1976. Penguin Books) (World War I)

· Ordinary Men (Christopher Browning. 1992. Haper Perennial) (Nazi police)

Meeting 20:

Title: Gould: Collision of Wills

Reading as above

Meeting 21. Current social theory

Reading: Pick an article from the “current issue” of Sociological Theory

Meeting 22. Date up for grabs!

Reading: Hanah Arendt, The Human Condition

Sociological Theory – Calendar View

Theory and Society – Class Calendar

Sun		Mon		Tues	Wed	Thursday		Fri		Sat
					Aug 27	28		29		30
					1^stDay, Class Begins Introduction ClST pp 1-16 Camic & Gross (jstor) Chaos of Disciplines (link) (2M)			Theory Methods Hollis, Chap 1-3. Durkheim Rules Weber Objectivity Merton Middle Range Giddens New Rules Lieberson & Lynn (JS) ClST: 139-157; 211-217; 448-459; CoST 225-230
31		Sept 1		2	3	4		5		6
					Philosophy Foundations Rousseau: Contract Kant: Enlightenment Smith: Wealth Tocqueville: Democracy Read: ClST: 17-72			Durkheim - The Division of Labor - Elementary Forms - Suicide ClST: 131 – 202
7		8		9	10	11		12		13
					Durkheim (cont) ClST: 131 – 202			Marx - Econ & Phil Manu. - Manifesto - History & Class Struggle - Capitalism & Labor Process ClST: 73 – 130
14		15		16	17	18		19		20
					Marx (cont) ClST: 73 – 130			No Class Read: Arendt, The Human Condition
21		22		23	24	25		26		27
					No Class Read: Arendt, The Human Condition			No Class Read: Arendt, The Human Condition
28		29		30	October 1	2		3		4
					No Class Read: Arendt, The Human Condition			No Class Read: Arendt, The Human Condition
5	6		7		8		9		10		11
					Discuss Arendt’s Human Condition		Break		Fall Break		F. Break
12	13		14		15		16		17		18
FB	FB		Fb		Weber - Basic Terms - Protestant Ethic - Bureaucracy & politics ClST: 205-210; 218-274				Weber: (cont)

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
			Functionalism - Parsons - Merton ClST: 399-470, except 448-459		Self & Society - Mead - Simmel - Freud - Du Bois ClST: 275-323
26	27	28	29	30	31	Nov 1
			Micro-Soc & Critical Soc - Manheim – I&U - Berger & Luckman - Goffman - Blumer ClST: 331-346; CoST 1-22, 25-31;43-78		Exchange & Rationality - Homans - Blau - Olson - Cook et. al. - Leifer (JSTOR)
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
			Institutions & Networks - DiMaggio & Powell - Granovetter - White - Emberbeyer (jstor) CoST: 139-182		Foucault - History of Sexuality - Truth & Power - Discipline & Punish CoST: 183-216
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
			Giddens - Agency, Structure - Modernity CoST: 219-243, except “rules”		Bourdieu - Social Space - Structurs, Habitus - Field of Cultural Prod - W.H.Sewell Jr. Social Structure (JSTOR) CoST: 257-306
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
			Bourdieu Cont’d + general catch up.		Gould: Collisions of Wills
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
TD			Thanksgiving Break	Tday	Tday	Tday
30	Dec 1	2	3	4	5	6
Tday			Gould: Collisions of Wills		Current issue of Sociological Theory
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
					Final Due

FLOATER: Human Condition Discussion day.