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Academic Year 2000/2001
Socialism and Its Future
SOC 257 FA
This course is about the Left and its visions of socialism as an alternative to capitalism. The course will begin by critically engaging the writings of Marx and Engels on capitalism and socialism. We will then
consider the perspectives of several Left
critiques of the socialist experiments in Eastern Europe and the Third World, especially in the Caribbean and Central America. The course will end by considering the prospects for socialism in the post-Cold War era.
MAJOR READINGS
David McLellan, ed., KARL MARX: SELECTED WRITINGS Edward Bernstein, EVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISM M.C. Howard and J.E. King, A HISTORY OF MARXIAN ECONOMICS Michael Kaufman, JAMAICA UNDER MANLEY: DILEMMAS OF SOCIALISM AND
DEMOCRACY P. Berdhen and J.
Roemer (eds.), MARKET SOCIALISM: THE CURRENT DEBATE J. Cohen and J. Rogers, ON DEMOCRACY: TOWARD A TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY Thomas S. Walker, ed., REVOLUTION AND COUNTERREVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA Frank T.
Fitzgerald, THE CUBAN REVOLUTION IN
CRISIS Adam Przeworski, DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA Robin Blackburn, ed., AFTER THE FALL: THE FAILURE OF COMMUNISM AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIALISM
William K. Tabb, ed., THE FUTURE OF SOCIA
LISM: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE LEFT
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three short take-home essays (8-10 pages) or a research paper (25-30 pages).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Students who do not have the pre-requisite may enroll with permission of the instructor. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the
class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
SOC151
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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