Courses Taught and Syllabi

Spring 2006 Courses
Fall 2005 Courses
Spring 2004 Courses
Fall 2003 Courses
Spring 2003 Courses
Fall 2002 Courses
Spring 2001 Courses

• Sociology 172 (Undergraduate, Fall 1997)
  The Comparative Study of Development
  [a.k.a., Modernization and Development]
• Sociology 280h (Graduate Seminar, Fall 1997)
  An Advanced Introduction to the Comparative Study of Development
  [a.k.a., Modernization and Development] (Download syllabus280h.pdf*)
• Sociology 190.1 (Undergraduate, Spring 2000)
  Society and Environment: Environmental Movements and the Struggle for Sustainability
  (Download 1901syllabus.pdf*)

• Click here for PDF files of the Evans and O’Rourke chapters (/evans/references.html)*
• Eguiarte, Cristina. 1999. "Ideology and Culture among Core Activists In The British Anti-Roads Movement" (unpublished ms.)*

SPRING 2006 COURSES

• Sociology 280Y: Sociology Of Globalization.

FALL 2005 COURSES

• Sociology 280H: An Advanced Introduction To The Comparative Study Of Development.
• Sociology 172: Development And Globalization [A.K.A. Development And Modernization]

SPRING 2004 COURSES

• Evans, “The Challenges of the ‘Institutional Turn’: Interdisciplinary Opportunities in Development Theory” in The Economic Sociology of Capitalist Institutions edited by Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg. Forthcoming: Princeton University Press.
• Brenner, Robert, "Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-industrial Europe" Past and Present. (70)[February,1976]: 30-75
• Wallerstein, Immanuel, "The Rise and Demise of the Capitalist World System" Comparative Studies in Society and History 16(4)[September, 1974]: 387-415.
• Johanna Bockmann and Gil Eyal, “Eastern Europe as a Laboratory of Economic Knowledge: The Transnational Roots of Neo-liberalism,” American Journal of Sociology circa 2003.
• Fourcade-Gourinchas, M., and S. Babb, “The Rebirth of the Liberal Creed: Neoliberal Transitions in England, France, Mexico and Chile”, American Journal of Sociology, November 2002.
• Evans, “Counter-hegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Global Political Economy” forthcoming in the Handbook of Political Sociology.

FALL 2003 COURSES

Sociology 190.001: The Political Economy of Globalization

• Course Syllabus
• Globalization, National Culture, and the Future of the World Polity, article by John W. Meyer
• Globalization, article by Philip McMichael
• Globalization from Below: The Rise of Transnational Communities, article by Alejandro Portes
• Transnational Migration: Taking Stock and Future Directions, article by Peggy Levitt
• Rooted Cosmopolitans: Transnational Activists in a World of States, article by Sidney Tarrow

SPRING 2003 COURSES

Sociology 290.001: The Political Economy of Globalization

• Course Syllabus
• Industrial Convergence, Globalization, and the Persistence of the North-South Divide, article by Giovanni Arrighi, Beverly J. Silver and Benjamin Brewer
• The Transformation of the North American Apparel Industry: Is NAFTA a Curse or a Blessing, article by Gary Gereffi
• Polanyi’s "Double Movement": The Belle Èpoques of British and U.S. Hegemony Compared, article by Beverly J. Silver and Giovanni Arrighi
• The Emperor Exposed: Neoliberal Theory and De-modernization in Postcommunist Society, article by Lawrence King
• The Finnish Information Society in a Global Context, excerpt by Manuel Castells
• Why Economists Are Wrong About Sweatshops and the Antisweatshop Movement, article by John Miller
• Feminists and Funding: Plays of Power in the Social Movement Market, article by Millie Thayer
• Governing the Climate: Oil Companies, Environmental Groups, and the Public Sphere in the Multilateral Climate Negotiations, article by Simone Pulver
• Trade Union Strategic Campaigns in the United States, article by Andy Banks
• Labor Responses to Internationalization and Industrial Restructuring in the Americas, article by Mark Anner
• The Development of International Campaign-Based Network Structures: A Case Study of the IBT and ITF World Council of UPS Unions, article by Andrew Banks and John Russo

FALL 2002 COURSES

Sociology 190.5: The Political Economy of Globalization

• Course Syllabus
• The New Transnational Contention: Organizations, Coalitions, Mechanisms, article by Sidney Tarrow
• Organizing against Globalization: The Case of ATTAC in France (PDF 140 KB), article by Marcos Ancelovici
• Building Bridges Across a Double-Divide: Alliances between U.S. and Latin American Labor and NGOs (PDF 59.4 KB), article by Mark Anner and Peter Evans

SPRING 2001 COURSES

Sociology 172: Comparative Study of Development [Development and Modernization]

• Course Syllabus
• Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an Era of Globalization, article by Peter Evans
• Labor’s Dilemmas: Union Responses to Globalization in Brazil and South Africa, article by Gay Seidman
• Joan Scott in the Sertao, article by Millie Thayer

Sociology 280H: An Advanced Introduction to the Comparative Study of Development

• Course Syllabus
• Introduction to The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi for a new edition published by Beacon Press, 2001; by Fred Block
• Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an Era of Globalization, article by Peter Evans
• "Economic Governance Institutions in a Global Political Economy: Implications for Developing Countries." Paper presented at the High-Level Round Table at UNCTAD X in Bangkok in February 2000.
• "US Hegemony and the World Bank: Stiglitz's Firing and Kanbur's Resignation," by Robert Wade. New Left Review, forthcoming (22pp.)
  "Counter-Hegemonic Globalization: Transnational Networks as Political Tools for Fighting Marginalization" by Peter Evans. Contemporary Sociology, January 2000.
• "Towards Global Social Movement Unionism? Trade Union Responses to Globalization in South Africa," by Andries Bezudienhout. Discussion Paper 115-2000, ILO, International Institute for Labour Studies, Labour and Society Program. (40pp)
• "Democratic Development as the Fruits of Labor" (Keynote Address by Joseph Stiglitz, Industrial Relations Research Association, Boston, January, 2000)
• "Looking for Agents of Urban Livability in a Globalized Political Economy" by Peter Evans, 2001. From LIVABLE CITIES? Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability? (University of California Press, forthcoming 2001).
• "Ecologies of Local Political Actors and Trajectories of Livability: Lessons from Cities Confronting Development and Political Transition" by Peter Evans, 2001.
• "Collective Action Toward a Sustainable City: Citizens' Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei" by Michael Hsiao Hsin-Huang and Hwa-Jen Liu. From LIVABLE CITIES? Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability? (University of California Press, forthcoming 2001).
• "Community-Driven Regulation: Towards an Improved Model of Environmental Regulation in Vietnam" by Dara O’Rourke, 1999. From LIVABLE CITIES? Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability? (University of California Press, forthcoming 2001).

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