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Discussion Post
Read:
1) In Laubacher et al.'s (2023). An introduction to social science: Individuals, society, and culture. Constellation.
a) Chapter 8: History
b) Chapter 9: Economics
c) Chapter 10: Political Science
Topic Selection: Select one of the topics below. It can be a theme that aligns with your final assignment, your program of study, or simply one of general interest. Read the linked source associated with that topic.
1) History: Decolonizations, Colonizations, and More Decolonizations.
2) Economics: Globalization and the Evolution of the Supply Chain: Who Gains and Who Loses?.
3) Political Science: Race, representation, and the Voting Rights Act.
Reflect: Reflect upon the themes that the disciplines covered this week explore and the methods that they use to explore these topics. How do these different approaches and themes help contribute to the larger understanding of society, culture, and human behavior? Based upon your understandings of these disciplines, how might their approach to topics be helpful to other disciplines within the social sciences? Other academic disciplines outside of the social sciences? To the general public? In addition, think about the strategies used by practitioners of these disciplines to avoid bias. Do these differ from the social science disciplines that you read about last week? If so, how? Can these approaches be adapted for use outside of the social sciences?
Write: In an initial post of at least 250 words
1) Select one of the three disciplines examined and discuss why you selected the discipline you did and how this discipline is distinct from other disciplines in the social sciences (Think about methods topics explored, etc.).
2) Examine the topic discussed by the source linked above for your discipline.
a) Describe how your selected topic is related to the concepts of the individual, society, and culture.
b) Note the main points of the article, its conclusion, and assess how the questions asked by the social scientist in question are related to their discipline's practice.
c) Discuss the methodology used within the article and relate the authors' approach to specific examples in the text.