SOC534: Seminar in
Social Change NOTE: UNDER GLOBAL
CONSTRUCTION TOPICS
AND ASSIGNMENTS MAY CHANGE
Spring 2001
Office Hours:
Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 2-4 pm or by appointment Faner 3430
Phone: Sociology,
453-7626
This seminar is designed to provide you with some background
and familarity
with some of the current issues/topics in the broad area of
social change,
with examples from Bangladesh and Cairo, IL. During the class, you will
become familar with theories, methods, and analysis
techniques of social
change in areas of economic development and social
movements. A major focus
of the seminar will be examining the effects of social
change on gender and
race/eth-nicity. Has social change affected all gender
and/or race-ethnic
groups equally? How can we account for the emergence of
collective action
based on gender and race-eth-nicity during capitalism and
late capitalism?
Is class still important? How does class interact with
gender and
race-ethnicity?
To examine these questions, we must move beyond the
traditional social
change litera-ture and pedagogy to explore the more recent
literature that
begins to consider other perspectives than white elite
males'. We will also
consider methods and research designs for studying social
change. The
participants are encouraged attend events of Black History
Month and
Women's History month (March).
The seminar will be conducted according to the following
rules and goals:
Ground Rules for the Course:
1. Acknowledge that
racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia exist.
2. Acknowledge that
one of the meanings of racism/sexism is that we have
been systematically taught misinformation about our own
group and
espe-cially members of devalued/minority groups (this is
true for both
domi-nant and minority group members).
3. We cannot be
blamed for the misinformation we have learned, but we will
be held responsible for repeating misinformation after we
have learned
other-wise.
4. Victims are not
to be blamed for their oppression.
5. We will assume
that people are always doing the best they can.
6. We will actively
pursue information about our own groups and those of
others.
7. We will share
information about our groups with other members of the
class and we will never demean, devalue, or in any way
"put down" people
for their ex-periences.
8. We each have an
obligation to actively combat the myths and
stereo-types about our own groups and other groups so that
we can break
down the walls which pro-hibit group cooperation and group
gain.
9. We want to create
a safe atmosphere for open discussion.
Thus, at
times, mem-bers of the class may wish to make a comment that
they do not
want re-peated outside the classroom. If so, the student will pre-face his
or her remarks with a request and the class will agree not
to repeat the
remarks.
Readings
Required:
Oliver Cromwell Cox; Oliver Cromwell Cox; Cornel West, Race:
A Study in
Social Dynamics
Abby L. Ferber, White Man Falling: Race, Gender, and White
Supremacy
Philip McMichael,Development and Social Change: A Global
Perspective
Vandana Shiva, Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global
Food Supply
Carla Freeman, High Tech and High Heels in the Global
Economy: Women,
Work, and Pink-Collar Identities in the Caribbean
Thomas D. Hall, A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on
Gender,
Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology
Jane Adams, Tranformation of Rural Life
Doug McAdam; John D. McCarthy; Mayer N. Zald, Comparative
Perspectives
on Social Movements: Political Opportunities, Mobilizing
Structures, and Cultural Framings
All texts and occasional journal article/book chapters will
be on reserve
at Morris Library and in the readings room in the Sociology
department.
In general, students will be responsible for assigned
readings, Web
surfing, research portfolio (diaries [see guidelines for
entries],
fieldnotes, research notes, bibliographic work, and paper
outlines).
Diaries, directed memos, and class participation should
reflect an
understanding of the assigned readings. Students will
design, write, and
present a major research paper or prospectus. Class members
will also have
rotating responsibility for leading discussions on the
readings.
All assignments must be turned in on time. Given my health concerns, I
don't have the energy to chase you down. So just turn your work in!!!!
Course Grade
Research portfolio 50%
--diary
--research
notes
--memos
--analyses
Scholarly paper 50%
SEMINAR ASSIGNMENTS:
please note that all weeks are approximate and I may
switch around assignments, topics, and add/delete some
readings especially
since I am constructing this syllabus in scenic
Gulshan/Dhaka, Bangladesh
with an internet baud rate of 19,000k.
WEEK 1. INTRODUCTION: MARY O'HARA OF JOHN A. LOGAN/A.B.D
SIUC SOCIOLOGY
DISCUSSES HER WORK ON HELEN BASS WILLIAMS AND NORTHERN
IRELAND.
Take the Bangladesh Virtual Tour: www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_contents.html
Where in the world is Dr. Ward? How many people live in
Bangladesh? Dhaka?
Has she made the local news yet?
web sites:
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/ (GenderNet for WorldBank-check
out
Bangladesh women's country profile)
www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_contents.html
turn in email address to Mary O'Hara
Week 2.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND HISTORICAL CHANGE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: and
POST CIVIL RIGHTS RECOLLECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI: Jane Adams,
Anthropology
Jane Adams, Tranformation of Rural Life
Week 3-4 WARD RETURNS---OVERVIEW OF NARI JIBON PROJECT;
INTERSECTION OF
RACE, GENDER, CLASS AND SEXUALITY/GLOBAL ECONOMY/
DOING
RESEARCH--ASSUMPTIONS AND STRATEGIES
Turn in memo on research questions/areas (Week 3);
What does the U.S. embassy think are important issues in
Bangladesh?
www.usembassy-dhaka.org
Seabrook, J. (1998). Women Workers of Dhaka. Twinside:
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/dhaka-cn.htm.
Seabrook, J. (1999). The Little Maids of Dhaka. Twinside:
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/1918-cn.htm.
http://www.twnside.org.sg/souths/twn/title/1918-cn.htm
Ward paper from UNC (will be sent via email)
Philip McMichael,Development and Social Change: A Global
Perspective,
Chapters 1-3
Thomas D. Hall, A
World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender,
Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology,
Chapters TBA
Kabeer, N. (1999b). "Resources, Agency, Achievements:
Reflections on the
Measurement of Women's Empowerment." Development and
Change 30(3): 435-464.
Kathryn Ward, "Reconceptualizing World-System Theory to
Include Women."
In Paula England (ed.) Theory on Gender/Feminism on
Theory. Hawthorne, New
York: Aldine. 1993.
Kathryn Ward and Jean Pyle, "Gender, Industrialization,
and Development,"
in Chris Bose and Edna Acosta-Belen (eds.), Women in the
Latin American
Development Process:
From Structural
Subordination to Empowerment.
Philadephia: Temple
Judith Stacey, "Ethnography confronts the global
village." Journal of
Contemporary Ethnography 28(6) 687-697. 1999.
Joey Sprague, 1997."Holy Mens and Big Guns: The
Can[n]on in Social Theory"
Gender & Society 11(1): 88-107.
Suzanne Hanchett, "Women's empowerment and the
development research agenda:
A personal account from the Bangladesh flood action
plan." Feminist Issues
15(1/2): 42-71
Assignment 1: So you want to travel to study and research
abroad? Which
country or region? How do you prepare? Language? Passport? Visas? Shots?
What kinds of birth control are available there?
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/rt21/
(Reproductive Technologies)
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/
(Global Reproductive Health Forum)
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/WoC/
(Women of Color Site)
http://www.popcouncil.org/gfd/gfd.html
(Population Council site)
www.travlang.com (check
out Bangla and one other language)
Assignment: Go to the CATW site and check out the reports on
sex work in
your country or region and Bangladesh. CATW=Coalition
Against Trafficking
in Women www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/catw What are the
AIDs risks?
Week 5 RESISTANCE
Vandana Shiva, Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global
Food Supply
Thomas D. Hall, A
World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender,
Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology
ABC website on acid throwing in Bangladesh and video
www.abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_991101bangladesh.html
Michael Buroway, "The extended case method."
Sociological Theory 16(1): 4-33
Julian Mcallister Groves. 1999. "Romancing resistance
and resisting
romance." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 28(3):235
Jon Rieger, ""Photographing Social Change"
Visual Sociology 11(1):5-49
Assignment: Where does your fruit and vegetables come from
in
Carbondale?(and don't tell me Wal-Mart). What are the pesticides and
risks? Go to a grocery store and find out where your oranges,
grapes,
apples, bananas, strawberries, and one other vegetable come
from. In your
country, what are the main foods and where do they come
from? Where do
people get their water? Provide a recipe of one the
national/regional
favorites (you will cook and share this later on…).
Week 6-7 GLOBAL ASSEMBLY LINE/INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CAPITAL
Hand in working outline for paper…
Carla Freeman, High Tech and High Heels in the Global
Economy: Women,
Work, and Pink-Collar Identities in the Caribbean
Thomas D. Hall, A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on
Gender,
Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology
Amin, S., I. Diamond, et al. (1997). Transition to Adulthood
of Female
Factory Workers. Report No. 102. New York, Population
Council.
Kabeer, N. (1997). "Women, Wages, and Intra-Household
Power Relations in
Urban Bangladesh." Development and Change 28: 261-302.
Newby, Sylvia, Sajeda Amin, Ian Diamond, Ruchira Naved.
(1998). "Survey
experience among women in Bangladesh." American Behavioral
Scientist 42(2):
252-275.
Pyle, J. (1999). Sex, maids, and export processing. Women
and Employment:
Linking Local and Global conference, Illinois State
University, Illinois
State University.
Fernando, Jude 1997 "NGOS, micro-credit, and
empowerment of women" Annals
of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Nov. Vol 554: 150-177
Mehra,Rekha "Women, empowerment and economic
development" Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science. November
1997: 136-149
Rahman,Aminur (1999) "Micro-credit initiatives for
equitable and
sustainable development: Who Pays?" World Development
27(1): 67-82
Hashemi, S., S. R. Schuler, et al. (1996). "Rural
Credit Programs and
Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh." World Development
24(4): 635-653
Ward, K. B. (1999). As The Debt Crisis Turns: Does Finance
Have a Gender?
Women and Employment: Linking Local and Global, Illinois
State University
Hossfeld and Wolf chapters in Ward Women Workers and Global
Restructuring
Klaus de Albuquerque "In Search of the Big Bamboo: How
Caribbean beach boys
sell fun in the Sun." reprint in Utne Reader Feb 2000:
82-86.(originally in
Transitions) [R]
Chin,Christine 1997 "Walls of silence and late 20th
centuryrepresentations
of foreign female domestic worker: the case of Filipina and
Indonesian
houseservants in Malaysia.." International Migration
Review, 31(1): 353-385
John Van Maanen, Tales from the Field (esp chapters 3-5)
Martin Bulmer, "The problem of exporting social survey
research." American
Behavioral Scientist 42(20: 153. 1998
Assignment : a) what is the world distribution of AIDS? Who
is most
affected in Africa? South Asia? U.S.? b) Sex ratios-girl/boy
preference c)
Socio-demographic indicators for your country/area Bandarage
Table 4.4 d)
look in your closet-where are your clothes and shoes from?
UK Jubilee 2000 website. www.jubilee2000uk.org/main.html
http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/icm/wind/wind.html
(Improving Women's Access
to Credit-extensive site!)
see also http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/popctr.htm
The Center on Population,
Gender, and Inequality at University of Maryland
http://www.freeway.org.hk/~cawhk/contents.htm
(Asian Womens Workers'
Newsletter)
http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/divis/acw/index.htm
(Economic Commission on
African/African Centre for
Women)
http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/coverwomen.html
(African Women
On-Line)
http://www.focusintl.com/widnet.htm
(WIDNET)
http://www.focusintl.com/r4latina.htm
(Latin America)
http://www.caa.org.au/oxfam/advocacy/index.html
(OXFAM Policy Papers)
www.igc.org./beijing/ngo/ngo.html
www.icddrb.org.sg/narrow/index.htm
Week 8-10 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Doug McAdam; John D. McCarthy; Mayer N. Zald, Comparative
Perspectives
on Social Movements: Political Opportunities, Mobilizing
Structures, and Cultural Framings
Cairo, IL civil rights project
Ward papers
Hays, Christopher. 1997. "The African American Struggle
for Equality and
Justice in Cairo, IL, 1865-1900." Illinois Historical
Journal. Vol 90
(Winter): 265-284
Herda, Ann. 1998. 'The Power of Informal Leadership: Women Leaders in the
Civil Righs Movement." Sociological Focus
31(4):341-355.
Stewart, Charles, Craig A. Smith, and Robert Denton, Jr.
1994. Persuasion
and Social Movements 3rd ed. Prospect Heights IL: Waveland
Press.
The melodramas of
Memphis: Contending narratives during the sanitation
strike of 1968
The Southern Communication Journal; Hattiesburg; Spring
1998; Michael
Osborn;John Bakke;
"A warlike
demonstration": Legalism, armed resistance, and black political
mobilization in Decatur, Illinois, 1894-1898
The Journal of Negro History; Washington; Winter 1998;
Sundiata Keita
Cha-Jua;
"Their rising
voices": A study of civil rights, social movements, and
advertising in the New York Times
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly; Columbia;
Autumn 1998; Susan
Dente Ross;
Tug-of-war: Political
mobilization and access to schooling in the southern
racial state
Sociology of Education; Albany; Apr 1999; Regina E Werum;
How is sociology
informed by history?
Social Forces; Chapel Hill; Jun 1995; Griffin, Larry J;
Bond, Patrick. 1999. "Jubilee as Social-Movement
Model."
http://aidc.org.za/archives/pbond_jubilee_social_movement.html
Forthcoming in Land and Rural Policy Digest
Feldman, S. (1997). "NGOs and Civil Society."
Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science 554: 146-65.
Marc Michaelson, "Wangari Maathai and Kenya's Green
Belt Movement:
Exploring the Evolution and Potentialities of Consensus
Movement
Mobilization." Social Problems 41(4): 540-561. 1994.
Sangera, Jyoti "In the Belly of the Beast: Sex Trade,
Prostitution, and
Globalization" Discussion Paper for South Asia Regional
Consultation on
Prostitution. Feb 17-18 1997 Bangkok, from Reproductive
Health Forum Web
site at
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/repro2/jyoti_sange
ra.htm
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. (CATW),1999.
"Declaration of Rights
for Women in Conditions of Sex Trafficking and
Prostitution" Organizing
Against Sexual Exploitation Regionally, Globally. Dacca Bangladesh, 29
January 1999.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/repro2/DECLARATION_OF_RIGHTS_CATW.html
Verta Taylor; 1999. Gender and social movements: Gender
processes in
women's self-help
movements Gender & Society; Thousand Oaks; 13(1):8.
Joane Nagel, " American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Politics
and the Resurgence
of Identity."
ASR 60(6):947-965.
Francesca Polleta, 1998."'It Was Like A
Fever'…Narrative and Identity in
Social Protest." Social Problems 45(2) : 137-59
Barry Schwartz, "Collective Memory and History: How
Abraham Lincoln Became
a Symbol of Racial Equality." Sociological Quarterly
38(3): 469-496. 1997.
Rachel A. Rosenfeld and Kathryn B. Ward. 1991. "The
contemporary US women's
movement: An empirical example of competition theory."
Sociological Forum
6:471-500.
Debra Minkhoff, "The sequencing of social
movements." American Sociological
Review 62 (5): 779-899.1997.
Pamela E Oliver; Daniel J Myers 1999. "How events enter
the public sphere:
Conflict, location, and sponsorship in local newspaper
coverage of public
events." The American Journal of Sociology; 105(1):38.
Charles Suchar, "Grounding Visual Sociology Research in
Shooting Scripts"
Qualitative Sociology
20(1): 33-56. 1997
Ball, Analyzing Visual Data (Sage)
Smith, Media Content Analysis(Sage)
Weeks 11-13
REVISIONING RACE, CLASS, GENDER, SEXUALITY
Oliver Cromwell Cox; Oliver Cromwell Cox; Cornel West, Race:
A Study in
Social Dynamics
Abby L. Ferber, White Man Falling: Race, Gender, and White
Supremacy
Ann DuCille, "The Occult of True Black Womanhood."
Pp 81-119 in Skin Trade
or in
Signs Spring 1993, lead article
Gordon, April 1998. "The new diaspora-African
immigration to the United
States." Journal of Third World Studies. 15(1): 79-103.
Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought. Second
Edition. Chapters TBA
Ryken Grattet, Valerie Jenness, and Theodore Curry,
"The Homogenization and
Differentiation of Hate Crime Law in the United States,
1978-1995:
Innovation and Diffusion in the Criminalization of
Bigotry." ASR 63(Apr):
286-307. 1998 (event history)
Kenneth Andrews. "The Impacts of Social Movements on
the Political Process:
The Civil Rights Movement and Black Electoral Politics in
Mississippi." ASR
62(Oct): 800-819. 1997 [counties]
Susan Olzak et al. "Poverty, Segregation, and Race
Riots: 1960-1993"
American Sociological Review 61(Aug): 590-613.
Michael Hughes and Melvin Thomas, " The Continuing
Significance of Race
Visited..1972-1996" American Sociological Review 63
(Dec): 785-795). 1998
[GSS]
Suzanna Danuta Walters, "From Here to Queer: Radical
Feminism,
PostModernism, and the Lesbian Menace) (Or Why Can't a Woman
Be More Like a
Fag?)" Signs 21(4): 830-869. 1996.
Naheed Islam, "Naming Desire, Shaping Identity: Tracing
the Experiences of
India Lesbians in the United States'. Pp72-96 in Shamita Das
Gupta (ed.),
Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America.
1998.
Thomas Almaguer, "Chicano Men: A Cartography of
Homosexual Identity and
Behavior."
Pp. 255-274
in Henry Abelove, et al (eds.), The
Lesbian and Gay Studies
Reader . 1993.
Jen'Nand Ghazal Read and John Bartkowski, 2000. "To
veil or not to veil?"
Gender & Society 14(3): 395-417
Arlene Dallafar, "Iranian Women as Immigrant
Entrepreneurs." Gender &
Society 8 (4): 541-561. 1994.
Weeks 14-16
Recode, analyze data/transcripts, write, and present
research papers.