SOC 2208

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SOC 2208
Social Inequality

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

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

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Syllabi: none

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5177 SOC 2208   LEC 001

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  • Please email the Department of Sociology at sociology@cornell.edu about add/drop or changing sections.

  •  5453 SOC 2208   DIS 201

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    • F Statler Hall 441
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Weeden, K

  •  7437 SOC 2208   DIS 202

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  •  5454 SOC 2208   DIS 203

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    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Weeden, K

  •  5455 SOC 2208   DIS 204

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    • F Ives Hall 116
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Weeden, K

  •  5456 SOC 2208   DIS 205

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  •  5457 SOC 2208   DIS 206

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    • F Malott Hall 203
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Weeden, K

  •  5458 SOC 2208   DIS 207

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  •  6127 SOC 2208   DIS 208

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    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Weeden, K

  •  6231 SOC 2208   DIS 209

    • R Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Weeden, K

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

  •  6680 SOC 2208   DIS 210

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