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SOC 132: Sociology of Education:The Social Organization of Schools
4.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as EDUC 110, EDUC 310, SOC 332.) Seminar. Key sociological theories and empirical studies of the links between education and its role in modern society, focusing on frameworks that deal with sources of educational change, the organizational context of schooling, the impact of schooling on social stratification, and the relationships between the educational system and other social institutions such as families, neighborhoods, and the economy. GER:DB-SocSci 4 units, Win (Carter, P)
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SOC 133: Law and Wikinomics:The Economic and Social Organization of the Legal Profession
3.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as SOC 333. Graduate and Law students enroll in 333.) Seminar. Emphasis is on the labor market for large-firm lawyers, including the market for entry-level lawyers, attorney retention and promotion practices, lateral hiring of partners, and increased use of forms of employment such as the non-equity form of partnership. Race and gender discrimination and occupational segregation; market-based pressure tactics for organizational reform. Students groups collect and analyze data about the profession and its markets. Multimedia tools for analysis and for producing workplace reforms. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. 1-5 units, Win (Dauber, M)
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SOC 134: Education,Gender,and Development
4.00 - 5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as EDUC 197.) Theories and perspectives from the social sciences relevant to the role of education in changing, modifying, or reproducing structures of gender differentiation and hierarchy. Cross-national research on the status of girls and women and the role of development organizations and processes. (SSPEP) GER:ECGender 4-5 units, Aut (Wotipka, C)
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SOC 135: Poverty,Inequality,and Social Policy in the United States
3.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as SOC 235.) Causes and consequences. Effects of antipoverty policies, and debates over effective social policies. Focus is on how poverty and inequality are experienced by families, children, and communities. Topics include welfare reform and labor market policies, education, and community-based antipoverty strategies. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, Win (Wimer, C)
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SOC 136: Sociology of Law
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as SOC 236. Graduate students register for 236; same as LAW 538.) Major issues and debates. Topics include: historical perspectives on the origins of law; rationality and legal sanctions; normative decision making and morality; cognitive decision making; crime and deviance; the law in action versus the law on the books; organizational responses to law in the context of labor and employment; the roles of lawyers, judges, and juries; and law and social change emphasizing the American civil rights movement. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, alternate years, not given this year
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SOC 138: American Indians in Comparative Historical Perspective
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as SOC 238. Graduate students register for 238.) Demographic, political, and economic processes and events that shaped relations between Euro-Americans and American Indians, 1600-1890. How the intersection of these processes affected the outcome of conflicts between these two groups, and how this conflict was decisive in determining the social position of American Indians in the late 19th century and the evolution of the doctrine of tribal sovereignty. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul 5 units, Win (Snipp, C)
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SOC 139: American Indians in Contemporary Society
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as SOC 239. Graduate students register for 239.) The social position of American Indians in contemporary American society, 1890 to the present. The demographic resurgence of American Indians, changes in social and economic status, ethnic identification and political mobilization, and institutions such as tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recommended: 138 or a course in American history. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul 5 units, Spr (Snipp, C)
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SOC 140: Introduction to Social Stratification
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as SOC 240. Graduate students register for 240.) The main classical and modern explanations of the causes of social, economic, and political inequality. Issues include: power; processes that create and maintain inequality; the central axes of inequality in contemporary societies (race, ethnicity, class, and gender); the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; and how social policy can mitigate and exacerbate inequality. Cases include technologically simple groups, the Indian caste system, and the modern U.S. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, Spr (Sandefur, R)
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SOC 141: Controversies about Inequality
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as SOC 241. Graduate students register for 241.) Debate format involving Stanford and guest faculty. Forms of inequality including racial, ethnic, and gender stratification; possible policy interventions. Topics such as welfare reform, immigration policy, affirmative action, discrimination in labor markets, sources of income inequality, the duty of rich nations to help poor nations, and causes of gender inequality. GER:DB-SocSci 5 units, Spr (Grusky, D)
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SOC 141A: Social Class,Race,Ethnicity,Health
5.00 Credits
Stanford University
(Same as HUMBIO 122S.) Socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic differences in health status. Access to care of racial and ethnic minorities and those from lower social classes. Institutional factors such as government programs, and individual factors such as unconscious racial bias on the part of care providers or distrust of providers on the part of patients. The intersection of lower social class and ethnic minority status in health status and health care access. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-AmerCul 5 units, Win (Barr, D)
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