Soc Pwr,Coalition,& Decision Mak (SOC 0470 (UG12))
Term: Spring Term 2013 (UNDG)
Schedule
Mon-Wed, 7:00 PM - 8:20 PM (1/5/2013 - 5/4/2013) Location: MAIN (Henry Givens Admin Bldg 214 - Lecture Only)
Description
This course is designed to be an intensive analysis of various models of the social phenomena of power coalitions, and decision making. This course is concerned with the analysis of these phenomena as major elements in social interaction; the dominant assumption of the course is drawn from Russell - - a postulate that social power is to the social sciences as energy is to the natural sciences-the cement that holds interaction together. This course will present several models of social power analysis, coalition behavior, and the application of social power and coalitions in decision making.