Sociology 224 - Social Class and Inequality
Spring
2026
01
4.00
David Cort
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
82654
Bartlett Hall room 206
dcort@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)