printer friendly pageSOC 235: Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in the United States (SOC 135)
Causes and consequences. Effects of antipoverty policies, and debates over effective social policies. Focus is on how poverty and inequality are experienced by families, children, and communities. Topics include welfare reform and labor market policies, education, and community-based antipoverty strategies.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Szelenyi, S. (PI)
SOC 236: Sociology of Law (SOC 136)
(Graduate students register for 236) Major issues and debates. Topics include: historical perspectives on the origins of law; rationality and legal sanctions; normative decision making and morality; cognitive decision making; crime and deviance; the law in action versus the law on the books; organizational responses to law in the context of labor and employment; the roles of lawyers, judges, and juries; and law and social change emphasizing the American civil rights movement.
Last offered: Autumn 2007
SOC 236A: Law and Society (SOC 136A)
Law and social inequality. Major sociological perspectives on where the law comes from, what law and justice systems do, and how they work.
SOC 236B: Advanced Topics in Sociology of Law (SOC 136B)
(Same as
LAW 538.) Historical perspectives on the origins of law, rationality and legal sanctions, law on the books versus the law in action, crime and deviance, school desegregation, privitization of prisons, American civil rights, file sharing, jury decision making, the role of lawyers and judges, and cynicism about the American legal system.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Dauber, M. (PI)
SOC 239: American Indians in Contemporary Society (SOC 139)
(Graduate students register for 239.) The social position of American Indians in contemporary American society, 1890 to the present. The demographic resurgence of American Indians, changes in social and economic status, ethnic identification and political mobilization, and institutions such as tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recommended: 138 or a course in American history.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Snipp, C. (PI)
SOC 240: Introduction to Social Stratification (SOC 140)
(Graduate students register for 240.) The main classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic, and political inequality. Issues include: power; processes that create and maintain inequality; the central axes of inequality in contemporary societies (race, ethnicity, class, and gender); the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; and how social policy can mitigate and exacerbate inequality. Cases include technologically simple groups, the Indian caste system, and the modern U.S.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Sandefur, R. (PI)
SOC 241: Controversies about Inequality (SOC 141)
(Graduate students register for 241.) Debate format involving Stanford and guest faculty. Forms of inequality including racial, ethnic, and gender stratification; possible policy interventions. Topics such as welfare reform, immigration policy, affirmative action, discrimination in labor markets, sources of income inequality, the duty of rich nations to help poor nations, and causes of gender inequality.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Grusky, D. (PI)
SOC 242: Sociology of Gender (SOC 142)
(Graduate students register for 242.) Gender inequality in contemporary American society and how it is maintained. The social and relative nature of knowledge and the problems this poses for understanding sex differences and gendered behavior in society. Analytical levels of explanation for gender inequalities: socialization, interaction processes, and socioeconomic processes; arguments and evidence for each approach. The social consequences of gender inequality such as the feminization of poverty, and problems of interpersonal relations.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Correll, S. (PI)
SOC 243: Society and Culture in Israel (SOC 143)
The ideologic origins and development of Israeli society; religious, ethnic and national cleavages, and their manifestations in Israeli public life, institutions of communication, and politics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Lev-On, A. (PI)
SOC 244: Inequality and the Workplace (SOC 144)
How characteristics of workplaces, such as hiring practices, workforce diversity, organizational policies and legal mandates, produce variation in inequality. Examines the sources, extent, and consequences of workplace inequality across gender, racial and ethnic lines. Topics include earnings, social status, geographical location, and opportunities for people in the workforce.
Instructors:
Correll, S. (PI)
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