We, the UCLA Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group, are an intellectual community of graduate students and scholars who share interests on the intersecting issues of Global South socioeconomic development and underdevelopment, political and social movements, labor, and state-society relations. Focusing on the developing world is a central element for us. We worry that much of the claims made in the name of ‘general sociology’ reflect instead the rather local experiences of the Western developed world. This group has been conceived upon the conviction that studying the multiple realities of the developing world can bring new insights into different areas of sociology. The meanings, dynamics and analysis of “politics,” “development” or “collective agency” in the Global South require us to rethink many taken for granted paradigms and concepts.
This working group is open to all regardless of enrollment status.
Our meetings take place every other Friday in Haines 279, between 14:00-15:30 –unless otherwise specified.
October 21st: Student Paper Presentation:
Leydy Diossa (UCLA, Sociology)
Emma Colven (UCLA, Geography)
