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Unit Overview

In this unit, you will explore in details the different domains of stratification: global, racial/ethnic, gender, and age inequalities.

Learning Objectives

After reading Chapter 9, you should be able to:

Define global stratification.

Distinguish between social inequality and economic inequality, according to Gunnar Myrdal.

Define the "three worlds" approach and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.

Describe the levels of development approach to explain global stratification.

Define the GINI coefficient and explain its importance.

Define modern slavery and its impact on global poverty.

Describe and evaluate the three theories of global inequality.

Define the "fourth world".

Evaluate the future prospects of global inequality.

After reading Chapter 10, you should be able to:

Define race and ethnic group, explain why the notion of race is both a myth and has social significance.

Define prejudice and stereotype and describe the main theories of prejudice.

Explain Merton's typology of relationships between prejudice and discrimination.

Define discrimination and distinguish between individual and institutional discrimination.

Define the different modes of race relations: genocide, exclusion, segregation, assimilation, pluralism.

Describe the different conflict theories of race relations.

Compare and contrast the experiences of the different racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

After reading Chapter 11, you should be able to:

Explain the difference between sex and gender.

Define sexism, patriarchy, and their origins.

Describe the process of gender socialization and how the different agents of socialization participate in this process.

Explain the gender bias in education.

Describe the different forms of gender discrimination in the workplace.

Define the "second shift".

Define "feminism" and distinguish between its different forms.

After reading Chapter 12, you should be able to:

Define social importance of age.

Distinguish between chronological and functional age and explain the social significance of each.

Describe the recent trends in aging and life expectancy in the United States.

Compare different societies' views on age and aging.

Describe the process of aging through the life course.

Define and discuss ageism.

Discuss economic and social dimensions of age stratification.

Describe and explain elder abuse.

Describe the 3 different theories of coping with death and dying.

Readings & Assignments

Readings from the Textbook - "Sociology in Our Times - for Unit 3:

Chapter 9 - Global Stratification
Chapter 10 - Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 11 - Sex and Gender
Chapter 12 - Aging and Inequality Based on Age.

Readings and Exercises from the Workbook - "Doing Sociology" - for Unit 3:

Exercise 7 - Intergroup Relations
Exercise 8 - Marital Satisfaction
Exercise 9 - Religion

Surveys

Survey 9 on Textbook Chapter 9
Survey 10 on Textbook Chapter 10
Survey 11 on Textbook Chapter 11
Survey 12 on Textbook Chapter 12

Internet Research Project

Web sites research.

Test

Test 3 on Chapters 9 - 12, 100 Questions

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