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SOC 240
Social Stratification
SOC 240 FA
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Next Offered in 9899 FA
This course has two major goals: first, to explore the
experience and variety of class-structured inequality in
terms of its consequences for the lives of individuals and
character of contemporary society; second, to consider class
structure, organization, and awareness as they are affected
by race, ethnicity, gender, and ideology. The perspectives
of Marx and Weber provide a central theoretical base for
evaluating contemporary attempts to understand
stratification.
MAJOR READINGS
Paul Blumberg, THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CLASS
Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, REGULATING THE POOR
William Julius Wilson, THE DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE OF RACE
William Kornblum, BLUE COLLAR COMMUNITY
William Domhoff, THE POWERS THAT BE
Harry Breverman, LABOR AND MONOPOLY CAPITAL
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three to four take-home essays
(five to six pages each)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Requirement: SOC
151 or permission of the instructor
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
SOC 151
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Reference:
Robertson, Ian. SOCIOLOGY, 3rd ed., New York: Worth
Publishers, Inc., 1987
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