DSOC 2090

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DSOC 2090
Social Inequality

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

This course reviews contemporary approaches to understanding social inequality and the processes by which it comes to be seen as legitimate, natural, or desirable.  We address questions of the following kind:  What are the major forms of stratification in human history?  Are inequality and poverty inevitable?  How many social classes are there in advanced industrialism societies?  Is there a "ruling class?"  Are lifestyles, attitudes, and personalities shaped fundamentally by class membership?  Can individuals born into poverty readily escape their class origins and move upward in the class structure?  Are social contacts and "luck" important forces in matching individuals to jobs and class positions?  What types of social processes serve to maintain and alter racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination in labor markets?  Is there an "underclass?"  These and other questions are addressed in light of classical and contemporary theory and research.

When Offered Spring, summer.

Distribution Category (D-AG, SBA-AG)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PAM 2208, SOC 2208

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4078 DSOC 2090   LEC 001

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  • 17725 DSOC 2090   DIS 201

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  • 17726 DSOC 2090   DIS 202

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  • 17727 DSOC 2090   DIS 203

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  • 17728 DSOC 2090   DIS 204

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  • 17729 DSOC 2090   DIS 205

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  • 17730 DSOC 2090   DIS 206

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  • 17731 DSOC 2090   DIS 207

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  • 17732 DSOC 2090   DIS 208

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