SOC 524: Sociology of the Economy

Instructor

ChangHwan Kim (chkim@ku.edu) Fraser 710
Office Hours: T 2:00 - 3:00 & W 11:00 - 12:00 (or by appointment)

Syllabus

Assignments

Assignment 1: Government Action and Embeddedness (Due Oct 6 2009)
Assignment 2: The Poor and The Rich or Assignment 2': Egalitarian Capitalism (Due Dec 10 2009)
(If you do both Assignment 2 and 2', a maxium 20 points extra credit can be earned.)

Important Terms

Important Terms for Exam 1 (Sep 22, 2009)
Important Terms for Exam 2 (Oct 27, 2009)

Additional Readings

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I. Introduction

II. Markets

Week 4: Uzzi. 1997. "Social Structure and Competition in Interfirm Networks."
Burt. 2001. "The Social Capital of Structural Holes."
Week 5 & 6: Williamson. 1981. "Transaction Cost Economics."
Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times. (Youtube Videos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9)
Week 8 & 9: Fourcade & Healy. 2007. "Moral Views of Market Society."
Kidney Market
Week 10: Sick around the World
Week 11: Zelizer. 1978. "Human Values and the Market: Life Insurance."
Hamilton & Biggart. 1988. "Market, Culture, and Authority" AJS.

III. Population and Economy

Week 12: Clark. 2007. "A Farewell to Alms." (NYT Book Review)
Week 13: Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs and Steel.
(Youtube Videos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 )
(Full Video: Continous Play of All 18 Clips)
Week 14: Hall & Soskice. 2001. "Varieties of Capitalism."
Week 15:
Week 16: Bridges & Nelson. 2001. "Economics and Sociological Approaches to Gender Inequality in Pay."
              Race and the Social Contract (NYT: Mar 31, 2008)
              World's Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut (NYT: May 18, 2008)
              Page. The Difference (NYT: Jan 8. 2008)
              Kim & Sakamoto. 2008. "Does Inequality Increase Productivity?"

Lecture Slides

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