Sociology 224 - Social Class and Inequality

Spring
2019
01
4.00
Cathryn Brubaker
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
19850
Thompson Hall room 102
cbrubaker@umass.edu
The nature of social classes in society from the viewpoint of differences in economic power, political power, and social status. Why stratification exists, its internal dynamics, and its effects on individuals, subgroups, and the society as a whole. Problems of poverty and the uses of power. (Gen.Ed. SB, DU)
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