SOC 2208

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SOC 2208
Social Inequality

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

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 (SCD-AS, SSC-AS) (D-AG, SBA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY, EC-LASP)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PUBPOL 2208

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4609 SOC 2208   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For enrollment help, please contact the Department of Sociology, sociology@cornell.edu.

  •  4857 SOC 2208   DIS 201

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5937 SOC 2208   DIS 202

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4858 SOC 2208   DIS 203

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4859 SOC 2208   DIS 204

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4860 SOC 2208   DIS 205

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4861 SOC 2208   DIS 206

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4862 SOC 2208   DIS 207

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5484 SOC 2208   DIS 209

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Weeden, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person