SOC 2208

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SOC 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.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

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Syllabi: none

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7711 SOC 2208   LEC 001

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  •  8326 SOC 2208   DIS 201

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  •  8327 SOC 2208   DIS 202

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  •  8328 SOC 2208   DIS 203

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  •  8329 SOC 2208   DIS 204

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  •  8330 SOC 2208   DIS 205

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  •  8331 SOC 2208   DIS 206

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  •  8332 SOC 2208   DIS 207

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  •  8333 SOC 2208   DIS 208

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  • 18579 SOC 2208   DIS 209

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