GLOBAL SOCIOLOGY: CHANGE IN THE MODERN WORLD SYSTEM

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This course analyzes the major revolutionary changes in human societies that have occurred over the past few hundred years up to the present time. The course discusses the radical new version of human society that has accompanied the spread of global capitalism: political and cultural transformations, the life-style adjustments that have coincided with these grand social trends and an unprecedented level of global inequality. This course introduces students to the macrosociological perspective studying the development of the capitalist world system, how this system impacts politics, culture and the economy, and resistance to the growth of global capitalism.