SOC 693

Spring 201

Politics of Labor and Capital in the U.S.

Meets with Political Science 517

Syllabus S2016

Section 1: Theories of Political Economy

In-Class Exercises (using Tucker Part II or Capital Volume1)

                What is dialectical reasoning?

                What is commodity exchange, and how does it produce exploitation and fetishism?

 

                How does competitive capitalism produce economic crisis, monopoly capitalism, increasing inequality, and, ultimately, revolution?

 

Section 2: Wobblies, their antagonists and allies

Here are two more papers I found when reading some excellent Marxist analyses of:

-         The sit-down strikes of 1936: Murray and Schwartz 2015

-         Strike waves in the US and Canada: 1930-present: Eidlin 2015

 

As a first blush toward an agenda for discussing Randolph: this might be good for week 1

If interested in my thoughts on race/class/gender: Hogan 2001

 

For discussing Honey: this might help for week 1; 

You might also want to look at the 1998 syllabus (referenced in Honey link)

 

For discussing Gabin

You might also want to look at some of the stuff on feminist theory in my SOC 602 and SOC 402 websites (and syllabi on websites).

 

For discussing Quigley

Harry’s Last Class Power Point

More Cool Stuff

        Mechanisms, Processes and other ways of thinking about class conflict, social movements, and political violence

        - Hogan 2004

        - Hogan 2005

        - Hogan 2011

        - Unionization 2007 Report

        - Post-toasties on Tilly, Tarrow, and McAdam

        - Randall Collins on the new Tilly

        - Taylor on Traugott: repertoires and cycles

        - Chuck’s political violence bib

        - Hogan 2015 (a work in progress: there are other versions)

        - Hogan 2016 (under review) Appendix 2