Contemporary Sociological Issues

Comprehensive Bachelor of Science in Sociology covering sociological theory, social stratification, research methods, deviance and crime, family, urban sociology, education, medical sociology, and contemporary issues

Contemporary Sociological Issues

Globalization and Transnational Sociology

Globalization theories (Wallerstein, Giddens, Robertson), global inequality, migration, diaspora, transnational communities, cultural globalization, anti-globalization

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Sociology of Populism

Arlie Hochschild's deep story, Brubaker on populism, rural-urban divides, and the economic-anxiety versus cultural-backlash debate.

Digital Society, Social Media, and Surveillance

Digital divide, platform society, algorithmic inequality, Zuboff's surveillance capitalism, social media and identity, digital labor, Castells's network society

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Climate Change and Society

Sociological approaches to climate change: Norgaard's denial, climate inequality, just transition, and the environmental justice movement.

Environmental Sociology and Climate Change

Treadmill of production, ecological modernization, environmental justice, risk society (Beck), climate change as social problem, green capitalism critique

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Algorithms, Platforms, and Society

Algorithmic bias (Noble), police data systems (Brayne), platform labor, and surveillance capitalism (Zuboff).