University of Maryland
Sociology 441: Stratification 

Schedule

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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
Dec 17 Final exam. 8:00 AM

 
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Last updated October 22, 2002
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