Sociology 441: Stratification
Schedule
Sept 3
Introduction
objectives
and
themes
Mobility
Date
Discussion topic
Reading
Review
Sept 5
Individual outcomes
Dimensions of inequality
Sept 10
Causes of individual outcomes
MacLeod: 1&2
Causes of outcomes
Sept 12
Causal chains of opportunity
MacLeod 3
Sept 17
Family structure
MacLeod 4
family structure causes
Sept 19
Work
MacLeod 5
Sept 24
Education: School quality
MacLeod 6
Sept 26
Aspirations and others' expectations
MacLeod 7
Oct 1
Race and class
MacLeod 10
Oct 3
Race and class
MacLeod 10
Oct 8
The penal system
MacLeod 9
Oct 10
Mobility rates
MacLeod 8 and 11
Midterm
Oct 15
Midterm review
Oct 17
Midterm
Welfare and poverty
Oct 22
Povery
Edin 1,2
Oct 24
Welfare effects on poverty
Edin 3,4
Oct 29
Women's work
Edin 5,6
Oct 31
Inequality & policy
Edin 7,8
Growing Income Inequality
Nov 5
Income Levels and Inequality
EPI 1
Nov 7
Inequality causes: deindustrialization and technology
EPI 2
Nov 12
Inequality causes: minimum wage and deunionization
EPI 2
Nov 14
Inequality causes: Globalization & immigration
EPI 7
The working class
Nov 19
The decline of unions
Geoghegan ch.1 and 10
Nov 21
Class consciousness
Geoghegan, ch.5
Nov 26
Union bureaucracy as cause of decline
Geoghegan, ch.8
Dec 3
Unions and politics
Geoghegan, ch.3 & 13
Dec 5
cancelled
Snow day!
Dec 10
Unions and employers
Geoghegan, ch.11 & 12
Dec 14
2PM: Review
final exam questions
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Dec 17
Final exam
. 8:00 AM
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