2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOCI 618 - Social Inequalities


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

This course will explore the various explanations of the origin, nature, and persistence of racial, ethics, social class, and gender inequalities. Various theoretical perspectives (e.g., functionalist, conflict, Marxist, sociobiological) will be discussed. The concepts of class, power, social status, and social honor and their interconnectedness will be examined. Social mobility will also be studied. Discussions will focus on capitalist societies and with the more recent changes in these societies.


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