Sociology 290S - Policy and Social Inequality
Spring
2025
01
4.00
Brian Sargent
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
52630
Tobin Hall room 304
bsargent@umass.edu
51839
We often think about policy as an area where government can be seen to either be effective or inefficient, unbiased or oppressive, too much or too little. But what if the story is that all of these ideas about good or bad governance miss the point? What if even good policy is often the engine of inequality? This class will explore these questions with the ultimate goal of highlighting what policy has been and what it could be. (Gen. Ed. SB, DU)