Social Stratification and Inequality

Comprehensive Bachelor of Science in Sociology covering sociological theory, social stratification, research methods, deviance and crime, family, urban sociology, education, medical sociology, and contemporary issues

Social Stratification and Inequality

Class, Status, and Social Mobility

Class theories (Marx, Weber, Wright, Goldthorpe), measurement of class, social mobility types, intergenerational mobility, the Great Gatsby curve, meritocracy debate

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Class Analysis and Measurement

Marxist (Erik Olin Wright) vs Weberian (Goldthorpe EGP schema) approaches to class, occupational class measurement, and contemporary class structures.

Race, Ethnicity, and Racism

Social construction of race, racial formation theory (Omi & Winant), institutional racism, colorblind racism (Bonilla-Silva), racial wealth gap, ethnic relations

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Social Mobility and Its Limits

Intergenerational mobility, Raj Chetty's big-data work, the Great Gatsby curve, educational mobility, and recent US declines.

Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality

Social construction of gender, feminist theory, patriarchy, gender pay gap, sociology of sexuality, queer theory, intersectionality (Crenshaw)

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Global Inequality and the Top 1%

Piketty's *Capital in the Twenty-First Century*, Milanovic's elephant curve, wealth concentration debates, and the global distribution of income.