Social Stratification and Inequality

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce students to the knowledge of the structure, processes, and consequences of social stratification in modern society. Social stratification and inequality concern the unequal distribution of resources whereby some groups come to receive more of these scarce resources than are received by others. The class considers recent research on income and wealth inequality, occupational and class hierarchies, social mobility, life chances and life style for various social classes, racial/ethnic groups, and genders.