Texts:

1. Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights
2. Nancy Folbre, Who Pays for the Kids? Gender and the Structures of Constraint
3. Alluquère Rosanne Stone, The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age

Some background materials for Sociology 304 for the Winter 1998 semester are provided here. These materials are intended primarily for students in Sociology 304 at the University of Regina during the Winter semester of 1998. Others are free to use these materials, but please give appropriate credit if you do so. I apologize for any error or misinterpretations. Remember that these are notes for classes and are not finished products.

This is a new web page, set up for the first time in Winter 1998. The page will be updated periodically as we proceed through the semester. Please provide feedback to the class instructor Paul Gingrich concerning how to improve the presentation of the materials.

Class Syllabus

Class Notes:

	April 14 Notes - Review
	April 9 Notes - The Virtual Class
	April 7 Notes - Social Environment of Cyberspace - II
	Notes on Georg Simmel
	April 2 Notes - Social Environment of Cyberspace - I
	March 31 Notes - High Tech Commercials
	Interview with Arthur Kroker
	March 24 and 26 Notes - Introduction to Virtuality and Cyberspace
	Quotes and Definitions - Virtuality
	Third Assignment
	March 17 Notes - Conclusion to Who Pays for the Kids?
	March 12 Notes - Historical Changes in Fertility
	Folbre's Feminist Approach
	March 10 Notes - Feminist Critique of Marxian Approach
	March 5 Notes - Marxian Structural Model
	March 3 Notes - Neoclassical Economic Models
	February 24 Notes - Social Reproduction
	February 10 Notes - Summary of Folbre, Who Pays for the Kids?
	February 3 Notes - Conclusion to Multicultural Citizenship and Review
	January 29 Notes - Multiculturalism
	January 27 Notes - Culture
	January 22 Notes - Nation and People
	January 15-20 Notes - Sociological Background
	Definitions of Nation
	Summary of Kymlicka
	January 6-8 Notes - Introduction to Theory

Assignments for Winter 1998:

	Final Examination for Winter 1998
	Second Midterm for Winter 1998
	First Midterm for Winter 1998
	Third Assignment for Winter 1998
	Second Term Paper for Winter 1998
	First Term Paper for Winter 1998

Assignments from Winter 1997:

	First Midterm from Winter 1997
	Second Midterm from Winter 1997
	Third Midterm from Winter 1997
	First Term Paper from Winter 1997
	Second Term Paper from Winter 1997
	Third Term Paper from Winter 1997

If you have any comments or questions please contact:

Paul Gingrich, Professor
Department of Sociology and Social Studies
University of Regina, CL217
(306) 585-4196
paul.gingrich@uregina.ca

This page was last edited on April 14, 1998.