SOC409 Social stratification, unequality and mobility

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Katrňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Veronika Šenkýřová, DiS.
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:30 G23
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is aimed in contemporary research on social stratification and inequality. The first part of the course deals with the class analysis, from its beginnings to the contemporary debate on the death of class. The second part of the course deals with the social mobility. Students will be introduced to the theory of social mobility as well as to the basic log-linear models for analysis of mobility tables. The last part of the course deals with some neglected themes in inequality research and introduces social surveys on stratification in Central-European region and in Czech society in nineties.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: sociology of stratification and inequality 2. The death of class? (inequality and stratification in the beginning of 21st century) 3. Class and class inequality: Karl Marx and Max Weber 4. Functionalistic and conflictualistic approach to social inequalities 5. Measuring of class and status 6. Theory of social mobility and fluidity 7. Analysis of social mobility I (mobility tables) 8. Analysis of social mobility II (log-linear models like analytic tools) 9. Social and cultural reproduction 10. Women, ethnic groups, underclass and class theory: the visibility of invisible people 11. Social stratification, socialism and postsocialism (themes, hypothesis, researches and conclusions) 12. Social stratification and Czech society (empirical findings and questions for the future research) 13. Concluding comment
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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