Sociology 319 - Social Stratification
Spring 2004
Dr Scott Schaffer
email: scott.schaffer@millersville.edu

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Revised Reading Schedule - includes Field Guide to the Global Economy

 

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Midterm Examination Prep Sheet - Exam now on Th Feb 26/2004

 

Articles:

Readings for Week 8:

T Mar 2:

Maureen T. Hallinan, "Sociological Perspectives on Black-White Inequalities in American Schooling," Sociology of Education 74, pp. 50-70

Thomas R. Conrad, "The Debate about Quota Systems: An Analysis," American Journal of Political Science 20: 1, pp. 135-149

Frank Harold Wilson, "For Whom Does the Bell Toll?: Meritocracy, the Cognitive Elite, and the Continuing Significance of Race in Postindustrial America," The Journal of Negro Education 64: 3, pp. 253-266

Th Mar 4:

Charles R. Tittle and Thomas Rotolo, "IQ and Stratification: An Empirical Evaluation of Herrnstein and Murray's Social Change Argument," Social Forces 79: 1, pp. 1-28

Eric Grodsky and Devah Pager, "The Structure of Disadvantage: Individual and Occupational Determinants of the Black-White Wage Gap," American Sociological Review 66: 4, pp. 542-567

Dominique Goux and Eric Maurin, "Meritocracy and Social Heredity in France: Some Aspects and Trends," European Sociological Review 13: 2, pp. 159-117

Readings for Week 10:

T Mar 23:

Immanuel Wallerstein, “Focus on the World System After the Cold War,” Journal of Peace Research 30: 1, pp. 1-6

Th Mar 25:

Immanuel Wallerstein, “Dependence in an Interdependent World: The Limited Possibilities of Transformation Within the Capitalist World Economy,” African Studies Review 17: 1, pp. 1-26

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