Sociology and Politics
Research and Teaching

Current and Past Research

• Post-Hurricane Katrina Research and Relief Work
• Working Papers
• Article Reprints
  

Classical Sociological Theory

(Go here for a guide for Sociology 3101)

• Syllabus for Sociology 3101 (pdf version)
• Syllabus for a graduate seminar (Sociology 7121) (pdf version)
  
  
• Adam Smith (pdf)
• Tocqueville (pdf)
• Marx (notes on texts only) -
  • Various texts
  • Capital, Vol. I
• Weber - Lectures (pdf)
  • Notes on texts:
    • The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
    • The Sociology of Religion
    • General Economic History
• Durkheim (pdf)
• Additional Theory Lectures (pdf) - General Introduction; Spencer, Simmel, Mead)
   
• Diagrams
  
  *I like the LibertyClassics editions of Adam Smith's books, but students sometimes have trouble finding them.  The Wealth of Nations and the Theory of Moral Sentiments are available here and here.

Political Sociology

(Go here for a guide for Sociology 4421)

(Election & Polling info for class background: see below)

• Lectures (pdf)
• Syllabus for undergraduate class, Sociology 4421 (pdf)
• Syllabus for graduate seminar (pdf)
• An Outline of Party Realignment in America since World War II (pdf)
  
  
• Diagrams from my articles

Comparative-Historical Sociology

• Syllabus for graduate seminar (pdf) - Fall 2002.

Sociological Methods

(Go here for a guide for Sociology 2211)

• Syllabus (pdf version)
• Lectures
• See the results of the Baton Rouge Area Surveys since 2000, conducted by the students of Sociology 2211
  • 2000 to 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Also ...

Election & Polling Information

• 2008 Elections - polls, analyses, etc.
• Election polls and analyses for previous elections - 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998
• Surveys conducted by the LSU Sociology Department
• Exit Polls for Presidential Elections, 1976-2004 (from The New York Times)

Trend Charts

• Charts of Major Opinion, Voting, and Social Trends

And ...

• Social Science Links: once useful ... now just google
• Press "Clippings:" once active; now archived (also see articles on Globalization, here, and on Network & Dimensional Analysis in Public Affairs, here)

This site is always ...

• Map to my office
• I made the animations on this website.  Click here: to see more!
  
  
• Video clips of me playing ...  and   ...

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