| Course Title: Political Economy of Inequality |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: This seminar develops a historical and theoretical analysis of issues and concerns arising from a Marxian specification of social and economic inequality. Using class as a lens for examining relationships between individuals, institutions, and society, the course examines the role of markets and the state in social and economic life, and the challenges of achieving class justice for all. Issues of governance, subjectivity, production, and reproduction in economic and social spheres are addressed in the writings of Darity, Hamilton, DeMartino, Marx, Williams, Robinson, Taylor, Loury, and others. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Lucas Wilson | 413-538-2432 | lbwilson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 123 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ECON-210, ECON-211, or ECON-212. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 15 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: deaths of despair Author: case and deaton, anne and angus Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780691190785 Publisher: princeton university press |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: the idea of justice Author: sen, amartya Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780674060470 Publisher: belknap; harvard university press |
Required | 29.00 |
| Title: global inequality Author: milanovic, branco Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780674984035 Publisher: harvard u press |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: educated Author: westover, tara Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780399590504 Publisher: random house |
Required | 14.00 |
| Title: the art of memoir Author: karr, mary Copyright: 2015 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780062223074 Publisher: harper perennial |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: the melancholia of class Author: cruz, cynthia Copyright: 2021 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781912248919 Publisher: repeater |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: why does inequality matter? Author: scanlon, tim Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: oxford university press |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: unequal colleges in the age of disparity Author: clotfelter, charles Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780674975712 Publisher: harvard u press |
Required | 30.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |