An investigation of theory and research in the sociology of law. Topics may include the social construction of law, the legal profession, law and social change, legal consciousness, law as governance, legal avoidance, moral regulation, and popular representations of law. Criminal and other forms of law will be discussed in relation to these topics. Focus of the course will vary by instructor. (Prerequisites: SACR-3910 or SACR-3730 or SACR-3560; SACR-3900 or SACR-3080 and semester 7 or higher standing; at least one 3000-level course from the 3000 level criminology course selection; or consent of instructor.)
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Special Topics in Health & Society – Obesity: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Instructor: N. Spence
According to the World Health Organization, over 1.9 billion adults and 340 million children and adolescents are obese. Obesity is a significant issue in society, with a wide range of causes, consequences, and potential solutions. Using a multidisciplinary approach, including social science, public health, medicine, and the humanities, we will critically examine the history of obesity and research evidence to date across a host of issues: individual factors related to lifestyle and behavior, as well as biological influences; physical and mental health; stigma, inequality, and discrimination; socioeconomic costs; and the role of the social determinants of health. A thorough analysis of the responses by key social institutions, including medicine, the economic system, and government, will be conducted. Finally, the challenges faced by regions beyond Western society will be reviewed.
SOCD01H3S: Advanced Seminar in Culture and Cities: The Sociology of the Neighbourhood
Instructor: F. Calderon Figueroa
From the ancient town to the modern megalopolis, the neighbourhood is one of the oldest forms of human association. Despite dramatic transformations in cities, politics, economies, and culture, neighbourhoods remain central and consequential foci of social life. Neighbors socialize frequently with one another, and neighborhoods often provide the physical basis for face-to-face interactions in cities where much of life proceeds anonymously in crowds or virtually online. Neighborhoods are frequently the units of governmental administration, the targets of urban policy, the basis of civic activism, and the arenas of heated political conflict. The neighbourhood in which one grows up and lives has tremendous consequences for one’s life chances and outlook, from health to income to political attitudes and beyond.
This course will closely examine from a number of perspectives the nature, functions, consequences, and causes of neighbourhoods, paying special attention to the ways in which neighbourhoods are changing and enduring in contemporary post-industrial societies.
Toronto has often been called a “city of neighbourhoods,” and we will use Toronto as our living laboratory. In addition to close reading of key texts, students will engage in ongoing field assignments in neighbourhoods across Toronto and its suburbs. Students will work in teams to examine a neighbourhood via multiple techniques―they will triangulate quantitative, qualitative and spatial data analysis. They will learn to collate government statistics from the census with online business data to produce statistical mappings of the neighbourhood, and compare it to others. They will compile media stories, histories, literary documents, music lyrics, and more to analyze the cultural representation of a neighbourhood. They will engage in multiple structured personal field observations to observe the street life and activity patterns that characterize the neighbourhood. Interviews with community leaders and ‘old-timers’ will reveal neighbourhood history and changing perceptions of its character. Digital photos will provide material both for mapping patterns (e.g. in colour schemes or signage) and for visual comparisons across neighbourhoods (in e.g. architectural style).
Combining all of this together across teams will produce a deep and rich understanding of various neighbourhood forms and experiences, providing students with living material to test and extend the ideas of the authors we will read in class.
SOCD05H3: Advanced Seminar in Criminology and Sociology of Law
Instructor: J. Doherty
This course offers an in-depth examination of selected topics in criminology and the sociology of law. Students will be responsible for conducting a presentation on and leading a discussion of one weekly reading during the course. A list of journal articles will be provided on select topics in criminology including corrections, justice, and policing, and the sociology of law for students to choose from on the first day of class. In addition to the major presentation, students will be required to complete an annotated bibliography and research paper on a subject related to criminology and the sociology of law.
SOCD15H3: Advanced Seminar in Critical Migration Studies
Instructor: M. Sarkar
According to global estimates, nearly three quarters of migrants move for work. While we tend to think of migration as voluntary and migrants as ‘free’, rational actors, this upper level undergraduate seminar in historical sociology explores the connections between migration/mobility of people and labour, with particular focus on historical and contemporary forms of constrain/unfreedom/coercion that define human mobility and work experiences across the world.
SOCD44H3S: Advanced Seminar on Issues in Contemporary Sociology
Instructor: J. Hannigan
The thematic focus of this course is the Sociology of the Arctic. With the substantial impact that climate change is having on the Circumpolar North, contemporary issues relating to the changing lifestyles and relationships of indigenous peoples, competition for land and resources, and the growth of a “Global Arctic” are of increasing sociological importance.
SOCD20H3: Advanced Seminar: Social Change and Gender Relations in Chinese Societies
Instructor: P.C. Hsiung
This seminar examines the transformation and perpetuation of gender relations in contemporary Chinese societies. It pays specific attention to gender politics at the micro level and structural changes at the macro level. It engages students in scholarly debates on gender relations and social change in the Chinese societies. By providing guidance and feedback, the instructor helps students acquire substantive knowledge on the subject area and develop transferable, research-based skills. Upon completion of the seminar, students are expected to (1) understand how specific claims are made and substantiated; (2) examine how scholarly research is conducted; and (3) apply such understandings to explore a research question through library research, data analysis, literature review, and presentation of your findings and direction of future inquiry.
