SOC 240

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SOC 240

Social Stratification SOC 240 FA

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-03-1998

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Reference:

Robertson, Ian. SOCIOLOGY, 3rd ed., New York: Worth Publishers, Inc., 1987

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