Lehrende/r: Dr. Johanna Gereke
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Credits: 7,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Zielgruppe:
Inhalt: This seminar introduces students to the field of economic sociology by focusing on the economic actions and outcomes of immigrants and ethnic minorities. Economic sociology is a subfield of sociology that studies how social processes and structures help to produce and reproduce economic and social inequalities. The seminar will cover a range of sociological explanations for economic activities and processes and focus on the sociology of different types of markets. Thereby, students will learn about key mechanism by which markets are organized, such as social networks and institutions. We will read classical texts in economic sociology introducing the basic concepts and theories as well as contemporary empirical research applications from the literature on immigration and ethnic diversity.
Empfohlene Literatur: Key readings: - Portes, A. (Ed.). (1995). The economic sociology of immigration: Essays on networks, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship. Russell Sage Foundation. - Smelser, Neil J., and Richard Swedberg. The handbook of economic sociology. Vol. 752. Princeton, NJ: Princeton university press, 2005. - Swedberg, R., & Granovetter, M. (2018). The Sociology of Economic Life. Routledge.
Zusätzliche Informationen: The course language is English. Students are expected to read the assigned literature each week and prepare short response papers (max. 500 words) with two discussion questions before class as well as to actively participate in class. Each student is also expected to co-lead one class meeting, involving a presentation of the main arguments of the readings for the week as well as assist in facilitating the class discussion. In a final term paper, students are asked to develop an original research proposal.
