| Course Title: Political Economy of Inequality |
| Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
| 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 |
| 01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023 | Seminar | Monday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 102 | 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: 10 | Available: 8 | 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: the privileged poor Author: jack, Anthony Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780674248243 Publisher: harvard u press |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: the tragic science Author: demartino, George Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780226821238 Publisher: university of Chicago press |
Required | 35.00 |
| Title: writing the memoir Author: Barrington, Judith Copyright: 2002 Edition: 2 Volume: ISBN: 9780933377509 Publisher: eighth mountain press |
Required | 15.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |