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Historical Sociology
Communication, Journalism & Media Studies Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: early Sep 2025 - mid Dec 2025
Historical Sociology
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: History
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 17699
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
DESCRIPTION
PART 1. CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
1. What is historical sociology?
2. Research design in comparative sociology
PART 2. INSTITUTIONS AND CENTRAL TOPICS IN HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY
3. Types of social power and the evolution of empires
4. Organizational sources of the modern state
5. Political institutions and social revolutions
6. Cultural and economic factors in the birth of capitalism
7. Social structure and political modernization
8. Socio-economic inequalities and the welfare state
9. Political opportunities, frames and collective action
10. Structural changes and political cleavages
11. Cultural and political origins of civil society
12. The world society theory
1. What is historical sociology?
2. Research design in comparative sociology
PART 2. INSTITUTIONS AND CENTRAL TOPICS IN HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY
3. Types of social power and the evolution of empires
4. Organizational sources of the modern state
5. Political institutions and social revolutions
6. Cultural and economic factors in the birth of capitalism
7. Social structure and political modernization
8. Socio-economic inequalities and the welfare state
9. Political opportunities, frames and collective action
10. Structural changes and political cleavages
11. Cultural and political origins of civil society
12. The world society theory