Social Stratification, Deviance, and Social Order

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This course addresses the causes, functions, and effects of social stratification and inequality, including social class, gender, race, ethnicity, and age. Students explore theoretical explanations of deviance, normality, and crime in social and cultural contexts and the sources of conformity, social order, and social control from a global perspective in different types of societies. Current topics include male-female differences and gender issues; aging and the sociology of death and dying, and the types and functions of social mobility in contemporary world societies.