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Sociology 185: Global Sociology

Sociology 185: Global Sociology (Spring 2011, UC Berkeley). Instructor: Professor Michael Burawoy. Global sociology seeks to transcend national boundaries, studying the world as a unit unto itself, populated by organizations, networks, and movements. Global sociology cannot be constructed by sociologists from a single country, but it must be a collaborative effort from different parts of the planet. We will study globalization through a sociological lens by asking distinguished sociologists from around the world to discuss such contemporary issues as immigration, terrorism, disasters, etc.

Lecture 01 - Introduction, Michael Burawoy
Lecture 02 - David Harvey on Neoliberalism
Lecture 03 - Michael Watts on the Oil and Gas Industry
Lecture 04 - Ananya Roy on Poverty Capitalism
Lecture 05 - Walden Bello - Global Financial Institutions
Lecture 06 - Ching Kwan Lee on the Enigma of Chinese Capitalism
Lecture 07 - Sari Hanafi on the Politics of Spacio-cide in Palestine
Lecture 08 - Laleh Behbehanian - Counter-Terrorism as a Global Project
Lecture 09 - Peter Evans on Counter-Hegemonic Globalization
Lecture 10 - Edward Webster on Labor in the Age of Global Insecurity
Lecture 11 - Amita Baviskar on The Politics of Environmentalism
Lecture 12 - Erik Wright on Real Utopias in and Beyond Capitalism