For Wednesday, 3/11

As I mentioned at the end of Monday’s class, the historian Kristen Ghodsee claims that women had better sex under socialism. On what grounds might she have made such an outlandish claim? We’ll start off talking about it — but see if you can guess some of her reasons without looking up her Op-Ed.

Prep

  • Conley (2015), Ch. 14 (‘Capitalism and the Economy’): ‘The Reign of the Corporation’; ‘Policy: The Gig Economy’; ‘Conclusion’

In Class

  • Attendance
  • TBA
  • For Next Time

For Next Time

  • Conley (2015), Ch. 15 (‘Authority and the State’): ‘Types of Legitimate Authority’; ‘Obedience to Authority’; ‘Authority, Legitimacy, and the State’

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