Political Sociology

Course info:

Sociology 465/565

Spring 2010

Mon/Wed 10:00-11:20 a.m.

41 Knight Library

Instructor info:

Professor Val Burris

730 PLC / 346-5001

Office hours: By appointment

vburris@uoregon.edu

Teaching Assistant info:

R. Jamil Jonna

Office hours: By appointment

rjonna@uoregon.edu

Important Note:  

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Course links:

• Syllabus

• Work groups and email addresses

• Who Rules? An Internet Guide to Power Structure Research (Val Burris's web site)

• Who Rules America?  (Bill Domhoff's web site)

Assignments

• First Research Assignment (posted 4/5, due 4/19)

  • Division of Labor for the First Assignment

• Second Research Assignment (posted 4/26, due 5/17)  _¯¯¯ NOTE: revised dates.

• Third Research Assignment (posted 5/17, due 6/2) _¯¯¯ NOTE: revised dates.

Class notes and handouts

• Introduction to Power Structure Research

• Power Elite Diagram

• Sources of Political Power of Corporations and the Upper Class

• Control of Corporations

• Director Interlocks

• Example of Director Interlock Network

• Corporate "Inner Circle"

• Flow of Policy from Corporations to Government