SOC 295-03 - Special Topic: Comparative Social Inequalities

4 credits (Spring)

This course provides an overview of global social inequalities from a sociological perspective with an emphasis on public policies. It explores the extent, causes, and consequences of social and economic inequalities worldwide and their trends. We begin with a brief discussion of key concepts and measures used to assess inequalities across countries. Then we will look into inequalities as experienced in different world regions and in different dimensions and axes of stratification, including economic inequalities, social class and mobility, education, gender, race and ethnicity, and age. The course also covers modernization theory, dependency theory, world systems theory as well as approaches to Welfare State models and post-colonial and decolonial perspectives to understand past and current realities across the globe.

Prerequisite: SOC 111.
Instructor: Padilla