Schedule, Sociology 3945, Fall 2008, UMD
Instructor: Bruce Mork
(Subject to change: check online schedule if you miss class)
This schedule is still being modified, as I update it from the last time I taught it
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Class topics and activities
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Assignment
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Week One: Sept 3
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Introduction to the Great Debate.
Video: "NOW, Oct 22, 2004: A Working Class Majority?" |
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Sept 5
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Conflict theory
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Sernau, pp. xi-19.
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Week Two: Sept 8
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Functionalism
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Sernau, pp. 19-27, 61-86
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Sept 10
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Video: "Made in
Thailand"
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Sernau, 29-57
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Sept 12
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Theories of international stratification
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Assignment: Philosophy of Inequality .
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Week Three:
Sept 15
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Class privilege. Video: "The American Dream at Groton" |
Sernau, 87-109("In Your Family," p. 140 is a good way to start thinking about your paper.)
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Sept 17
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The hidden injuries of class (thanks to Sennett and Cobb
for the phrase)
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Sept 19 |
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Week Four:
Sept 22
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Game: Life Happens
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Sernau, 111-144
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Sept 24
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Sept 26
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Race and class.
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Week Five: Sept 29
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Game: Life Happens
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Sernau, 145-164
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Oct 1
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Video: "With
Babies and Banners"
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Oct 3
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Gender and class.
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Week Six: Oct 6
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Exam One
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Oct 8
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Video: "People
Like Us," part I
Status, prestige and lifestyle |
Sernau, 165-185
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Oct 10
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Week Seven: Oct 13
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The Power Elite
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Sernau, 187-213
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Oct 15
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Video: "Taken
for a Ride"
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Oct 17
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Week Eight:
Oct 20
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Social mobility and Social Reproduction
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Sernau, 217-244
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Oct 22
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Oct 24
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Affirmative Action and Social mobility
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Week Nine: Oct 27
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Inequality and Social Movements
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Sernau, 303-336
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Video: "Ain't Scared of Your Jails"
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Week Ten: Nov 3
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Labor movement
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Nov 7
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Week Eleven: Nov 10
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Urban Poverty: the case of Chicago
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Sernau, 245-269
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Nov 12
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Poverty and social policy. First jobs.
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Nov 14
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Sernau, 273-301
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Week Twelve:
Nov 17
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Low wage work: No Shame in My Game
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Nov 19
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Low wage work II
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Nov 21
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Making Ends Meet: Edin and Lein
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Week Thirteen:
Nov 24
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Nickel and Dimed
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Ehrenreich, Getting Ready
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Nov 26
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Nov 28
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Thanksgiving holiday
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Week Fourteen: Dec 1
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Bring 2 discussion questions dealing with the reading assignment
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Ehrenreich, Serving in Florida
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Dec 3
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Bring 2 discussion questions
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Ehrenreich, Scrubbing in Maine
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Dec 5
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Optional reading: Low-Wage Work: UC Berkeley Labor Center
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Week Fifteen: Dec 8
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Bring 2 discussion questions
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Ehrenreich, Selling in Minnesota
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Dec 10
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Wrap-up of Ehrenreich. Missing Class again.
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Ehrenreich: "Evaluation" Social Mobility Papers due
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Dec 12
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Video: "Inequality Matters"
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The final exam, which will cover the last third of the course, is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 19, 8.00-9.55 (ouch!)