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LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction: Paradigms and Social science  
2 Theories of the Liberal State and Politics  
3 Neo-Classical Theories of the Economies  
4 Liberal and Neo-Classical Approaches  
5 Marxist Politics  
6 Marxist Economics and Value Theory  
7 Macroeconomics and Theories of Growth  
8 Sociological Theories of Capitalism Paper 1 due
9 Sociological Theories of Capitalism (cont.)  
10 Cultural Theories of Capitalism  
Analyzing Groups in Society: New Paradigms?
11 Corporatism  
12 Institutionalism  
13 New Institutionalism Paper 2 due one day after Lecture 13