Note: This is not the official class schedule. If you are enrolled in the course, go to the online schedule on the right hand side of the previous page,

http://www.unc.edu/courses/2004fall/soci/112/001/soc112%20sched%20s2005.htm

See bottom for notes on schedule

Month	Date	Lec#	Reading	Reading notes	Lecture notes *readme*
Jan	13	1	Introduction: What is social stratification? (Make sure you sign the “personal responsibility contract” in class)
Jan	18	2	Introductory readings: [46 pages total] Rossides Ch1 “An Introduction to Stratification Analysis” (1-16) [ ] "Where We Are Now", Ethan Canin. [57-72] [ ]	Rn2	Notes
Jan	20	3	Basic functional and conflict theories of inequality Readings: [33 pages total] “Social Stratification Theory: Early Statements” (83-104) Ch. 4 in Harold Kerbo, Social Stratification and Inequality.1996. [ ] “Some Principles of Stratification”, Davis and Moore, American Sociological Review 7:309-321. [ ] Optional: “Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis”, Melvin Tumin, American Sociological Review 18:387-394 (provides a useful summary and critique of the Davis and Moore article). [ ]	Rn3	Notes
Jan	25	4	An example of a stratification system with no mobility: caste in India. Reading: [35 pages total] “The Caste System: India” (26-29) in Daniel Rossides, Social Stratification. 1997. [ ] “The Caste System” (read 35-55, [56-67 optional]) in Egon Bergel, Social Stratification. 1962. [ ] Human Rights Watch, 1999.  Broken People: Caste Violence Against India’s Untouchables. “Summary” (13 pages).  [report’s  Table of Contents. section 3, “The Context of Caste Violence” is optional] Optional: “Caste Society” (68-90) in James Littlejohn, Social Stratification. 1972. [ ]  National Geographic, 2003. “India's "Untouchables" Face Violence, Discrimination” (includes s to photos)	Rn4	Notes
Jan	27	5	“Do Social Classes Exist in America?” A basic overview of inequality in America Readings: “Dimensions of Inequality in the United States” (20-46) Ch.2 in Harold Kerbo, Social Stratification and Inequality. 2003  [ ] Forbes: “The Billionaire Next Door”, 1999  [ ]	Rn5	Notes
Feb	1	6	Social Class in America Readings: [60 pages]  Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, Paul Fussell, 1983. Chapters 1-3 (15-75) [ ]	Rn6	Notes
Feb	3	7	Reading: [40 pages] Rothman, Ch.4 "Institutionalizing and legitimating stratification" (53-79), and Ch. 10 "Class Consciousness" (172-186) [ ]	Rn7	Notes
Feb	8	8	The bourgeois-bohemian class? Readings: [44 pages] Bobos in Paradise, David Brooks, 2000.  Chapter 1 "The Rise of the Educated Class" (9-53) [ ]	Rn8	Notes
Feb	10	9	Readings: [39 pages] Frank, Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status. 1985. (3-42) [ ] Brosnan and Waal, “Monkey’s Reject Unequal Pay” Nature 425, Sept. 2003 (297-299) [ ]	Rn9	Notes
Feb	15	10	“Is America a Meritocracy?” Jay Macleod.  1995.  Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations & Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood. (p. 3-60) [ ]	Rn10	Notes
Feb	17	11	Kerbo Ch. 11 “Social Mobility” (p. 326-349) [ ] NYT magazine article on the SAT: "Is this any to run a meritocracy?" [ ]	Rn11	Notes
Feb	22	12	Jay Macleod.  1995.  Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations & Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood. (parts of chapters 5-7).  [ ]	Rn12	Notes
Feb	24	13	Different views on education and class [44 pages] Rossides Ch. 9 “Class and Education” [pages 176-194, 203-4] [ ] The Bell Curve, Chapter 1 [ ]	Rn13	Notes
March	1	14	Jay Macleod.  1995.  Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations & Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood: "Eight Years Later" [ ]	Rn14
March	3	15	The Bell Curve, Part II Chapter 5 [ ] Inequality by Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth, Chapters 1 & 3 [ ]	Rn16	Notes
March	8	16	Poverty: Class or IQ, continued [43 pages] Inequality by Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth, Appendix 1 "Summary of the Bell Curve" and Chapter 4 "Who Wins? Who Loses?" [ ] (39 pages) Jay Macleod.  1995.  Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations & Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood: "Conclusion" (excerpt, 4 pages) [ ]  Optional: Goldberger article on methodological problems with twin studies.	Rn17	Notes
March	10	17	Conflicting Views on Distributive Justice and Poverty “fair” wages and marginal productivity: the ethics of a market system Joseph Berliner, The Economics of the Good Society, Chapter 21, “Justice and Other Values” [ ] Paul Krugman, “In Praise of Cheap Labor” Slate, 1997. [ ] Daniel Pink, “The New Face of the Silicon Age: How India became the capital of the computing revolution” Wired, February 2004 [ ] New York Times 3-14-2004, “In This Recovery, a College Education Backfires” [ ]	Rn18	Notes
March	22	18	Poverty in the U.S. Jason Deparle, “The Real World of Welfare” New York Times Magazine, December 18, 1994. [ ] John Schwarz, 1997.  Illusions of Opportunity.  Pages 56-70 [ ] Rebecca Blank, 1997.  It Takes a Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty.  Pages 3-9, 52-68, 78-105. [ ]	Rn19	Notes
March	24	19	Christianity and inequality Ronald Sider, 1984.  Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger.  Pages 53-78.  [ ] David Chilton, 1985.  Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt Manipulators.  Pages 3-16.  [ ] Lawrence Mead, 2003. “A Biblical Response to Poverty”.  In Bane and Mead, Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty, and Welfare Reform.  Pages 53-55, 70-78. [ ] Matthew 25:1-46 (Revised Standard Version) [ ] Optional: National Center for Children in Poverty	Rn20	Notes
March	29	20	A libertarian perspective on inequality Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, pages 64-78 (excerpt) [ ] Stephen Nathanson, 1998.  Economic Justice.  Chapter 7 “Protecting Liberty” Pages 68-80 [ ]	Rn21	Notes
March	31	21	Rawls and the welfare state John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, pages 13-38 (excerpted) [ ] Optional (use it as a reference to interpret Rawls): Stephen Nathanson, 1998.  Economic Justice. Chapter 8, “Rawls’s Defense of the Liberal Democratic Welfare State.”  Pages 81-99 [ ]	Rn22	Notes
April	5	22	The working poor in America David Shipler, 2004. The Working Poor, Chapters 1 & 2 [ ] Optional: Transcript of a discussion of working poverty from the Urban Institute, 12/2001 [ ]	Rn23	Notes
April	7	23	David Shipler, 2004. The Working Poor, Chapters 4 & 10 [ ]	Rn24	Notes
April	12	24	How much race and gender inequality is there? Inequality by Design: Craking the Bell Curve Myth, Chapter 8 "Race, Ethnicity, and Intelligence" [ ] (32 pages)	Rn25	Notes
April	14	25	[50 pages] Cohn, Race, Gender, and Discrimination at Work Chapters 1 & 2 ("Has the Problem of Discrimination Gone Away?" & "Discrimination and Market Competition") [ ]	Rn26	Notes
April	19	26	[40 pages] Bertrand and Mullainathan, 2002.  ”Are Emily and Brendan more Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?  A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination” [ ] Jerome Karabel, Christian Science Monitor, 2003, “Race and National Security”. [ ] Marguerit Holloway, Scientific American, 1999, “Flynn’s Effect” [ ]	Rn27	Notes
April	21	27	Oliver and Shapiro.  Black Wealth/ White Wealth. Chapters 1-2: "Wealth and Racial Inequality" and "Studying Wealth" (pages 1-65) [ ] Oliver and Shapiro.  Black Wealth/ White Wealth.  Chapter 5: "A Story of Two Nations: Race and Wealth" (pages 91-125)  [ ]
April	26	28	Review sheet for the final exam (this will be updated the last week of class) Final Exam date/time: see the Registrar’s exam calendar, http://regweb.oit.unc.edu/calendars/index.php
April	28	29

Notes: * “week” refers to weekly discussion comments.

No class Oct 12 (university day) or Nov 23 (Thanksgiving week).