DSOC 3700 - Comparative Social Inequalities

(crosslisted)
(also SOC 3710) (SBA) (D)

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: introductory social science course.

T. Hirschl.

Reviews both classical and contemporary issues in the comparative study of social inequality. Employing a global perspective, the course examines various relations of inequality—in the labor market and the reorganization of work and employment and in relation to questions of difference—of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and ability—as these pattern unequal access to resources, differentially provide economic and social security, and shape life chances and lived experiences. Throughout the course special attention is given to the importance of understanding patterns of change in relation to the reconfiguration of global production, consumption, and migration.