PAM 2208

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PAM 2208
Social Inequality

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

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.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2090, SOC 2208

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13800 PAM 2208   LEC 001

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  • 13801 PAM 2208   DIS 201

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  • 13802 PAM 2208   DIS 202

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  • 13803 PAM 2208   DIS 203

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  • 13804 PAM 2208   DIS 204

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  • 13805 PAM 2208   DIS 205

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  • 13806 PAM 2208   DIS 206

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  • 13807 PAM 2208   DIS 207

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  • 13808 PAM 2208   DIS 208

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  • 18581 PAM 2208   DIS 209

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