Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction: Paradigms and social science  
2 Theories of the liberal state and politics  
3 Neo-classical theories of the economy  
4 Liberal and neo-classical approaches  
5 Marxist politics  
6 Marxist economics and value theory Paper topic 1 distributed
7 Keynes on crisis and capitalism  
8 Corporatist and organicist models Paper 1 due
9 Sociological theories of capitalism I  
10 Sociological theories of capitalism II Paper topic 2 distributed
11 Sociological theories of capitalism III  
Analyzing Groups in Society: New Paradigms?
12 Institutionalism  
13 Institutionalism and varieties of capitalism Paper 2 due