| Course Title: Political Economy of Inequality |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| 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 |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 127 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ECON-210, ECON-211, or ECON-212. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0002 | CRPE-2: Africana Studies - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Africana Studies major pathway and the CRPE Africana Studies minor. |
| CRPE0003 | CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway. |
| CRPE0006 | CRPE-PE: People, Power, Place Courses | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE People, Power, Place requirement. |
| EOS0003 | EOS-3: Structures of Inequality | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Structures of Inequality subject area |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: the idea of justice Author: sen, amartya Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780674060470 Publisher: belknap; harvard university press |
Required | 29.00 |
| Title: class Author: land, Stephanie Copyright: 2023 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781982151393 Publisher: Simon and schuster |
Required | 30.00 |
| Title: the injustice of place Author: edin (and others), Kathryn Copyright: 2023 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780063239494 Publisher: mariner books |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: slow down: the regrowth manifesto Author: saito, kohei Copyright: 2024 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781662602368 Publisher: astra house |
Required | 27.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |