Sociology 224 - Social Class and Inequality
Fall
2021
01
4.00
Jorge Vasquez Arreaga
M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM
UMass Amherst
20705
Machmer Hall room E-35
jdvasquez@soc.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)