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University of Wisconsin-Madison 633:

9:30-10:45 TR, Fall, 2018, Room 2435 Sewell Social Science Bldg.

Prof. John Allen Logan [email protected], 3452 Social Science Office hours: Wednesday 10 a.m. - 12 noon, and by appointment

Instructional Mode: All Face-to-Face Credit hours: 3 Credit hours standard: Traditional Carnegie Definition

COURSE DESCRIPTION Classical and contemporary theories of the nature of social inequality; recent patterns and trends in inequality in the US; analysis of inequalities based on class, race, gender; the relationship of inequality to globalization, immigration, and politics. REQUISITES Intro Soc course (SOC/ C&E SOC 140, 181, 210, or 211) and SOC/ C&E SOC 360. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES Students will be able to explain and critique major sociological theories of inequality, describe recent patterns and trends in inequality, and to review and critique sociological explanations of the relationships of inequality to social class, race, gender, globalization, immigration, and politics. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS Grusky, David B., and Szonja Szelényi. 2011. The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender. Second edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (GS) (Make sure to get the right Grusky reader; there are several.) Frank, Robert H., and Philip J. Cook. 1996. The Winner-Take-All-Society. New York: Penguin Books. (WTAS). Isenberg, Nancy. 2016. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. Viking. (WT) * Laureau, Annette. 2011. Unequal Childhoods, Second Edition. Princeton, NJ: Press. (UC) * * Available on Kindle. (There is a free reader for most devices.) EXAMS, PAPERS AND OTHER MAJOR GRADED WORK Summary Period: Thursday, December 20, 12:25-2:25 p.m. Exams: There will be four exams. Students may skip any of the first three exams without any prior notice, but must take the final. The final course grade will count only the two best exams of the first three, whether or not you take them all. The expected first three exam dates are Thursday, September 27th; Thursday, October 25th; and Tuesday, November, 20th, which is just before the Thanksgiving break. The required final exam will be held in the Summary Period (at the time shown immediately above). Since only two of the first exams are graded, I will not offer makeup exams except in extraordinary circumstances. You must inform me of any such circumstances at least 24 hours before the exam. Sociology 633 Syllabus, page 2 of 7

Weekly commentaries: A brief reaction or commentary on the week’s reading(s) will be due by 8 a.m. every Thursday, unless the requirement is waived for a particular week. I will have posted the readings to be covered each week by the preceding Friday. “Brief” means one-half to one full page, double spaced. Please don’t exceed a single page. A dropbox will be provided on the CANVAS page. PDF format is required. I will read all your comments before Thursday’s class and make use of interesting suggestions or questions for the day’s session. Commentaries will be graded on a three-point scale, corresponding roughly to full credit (3), a good-faith effort (2), a bad-faith effort (1), and no effort (0). Two weekly commentaries can be missed without penalty. Term paper (honors or grad students only): Undergraduate honors students and graduate students are required to complete a term paper. The paper should not be empirical research, but instead a review of literature in the area of social stratification, a critique of research in some area, or a research proposal to resolve an empirical question. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard. Please see me in the first two or so weeks of class to discuss possible topics. I will expect a written paper proposal from you by Thursday, October 11.

Class participation. Class attendance will be recorded. Students can miss two classes without penalty. The quality (and quantity) of your participation in class will count for part of your final grade. Method of Submission of Written Work. All written assignments are to be handed in one of two ways, to be specified: 1) via a course dropbox in PDF format only. 2) via turnitin.com. When assignments are to be in PDF no other formats are permitted, including Microsoft Word. (This is to streamline the grading process and to preserve details of formatting across PC and Mac computers; I don’t use PC’s.) GRADING Undergraduates, except honors: Exams (best two of the first three, plus the final), 25% each. Weekly commentaries, 15%. Classroom participation, 10%. Honors and grad students: As above, but the term paper counts an additional 25%. (Yes, making “125%.” Multiply each percent by 100/125 to get the actual percentages, which work out to 20% for each of three exams, 12% for weekly commentaries, and 8% for classroom participation.) Extra credit: Extra credit assignments may be possible, if requested. Grades on any such assignments will be averaged with the other grades, rather than added to your final points total.

Grading details: All assignments will be given either letter or numerical grades. Letter grades will be transformed to numerical scores before final, weighted totals are calculated. Here are the letter/number correspondences: A = [100, 94], AB = (94, 88], B = (88, 82], BC = (82, 76], C = (76, 70], D = (70, 60], F = (60, 0]. Letter grades may be given as simple letters, or with + or - modifiers. For example, the letter grade “A” equals the numerical value 97, while “A+” equals 99 and “A-” is 95, and so on, with each simple letter grade translated to the midpoint of its numerical range and the “+” and “-” values adding or subtracting 2 points. (The grade F is equal to 30 points, while “F+” and “F-” are not used.) The final grades reported to the Registrar will be simple letter grades without “+” or “-” modifiers. The instructor may curve the final grades by lowering cut points between them to reflect his judgement of student performances. (Cut points will never be raised.)

RULES, RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES See the Guide to Rules, Rights, and Responsibilities, here: http://guide.wisc.edu/undergraduate/ #rulesrightsandresponsibilitiestext . ACADEMIC INTEGRITY By enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UW-Madison’s community of scholars in which everyone’s academic work and behavior are held to the highest academic integrity standards. Academic misconduct compromises the integrity of the university. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, and helping others commit these acts are examples of academic misconduct, which can result in disciplinary action. This includes but is not limited to failure on the assignment/course, disciplinary probation, or suspension. Substantial or repeated cases of misconduct may be forwarded to the Office of Student Conduct & Sociology 633 Syllabus, page 3 of 7

Community Standards for additional review. For more information, refer to studentconduct.wiscweb.wisc.edu/ academic-integrity/. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES McBurney Disability Resource Center syllabus statement: “The University of Wisconsin-Madison supports the right of all enrolled students to a full and equal educational opportunity. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Wisconsin State Statute (36.12), and UW-Madison policy (Faculty Document 1071) require that students with disabilities be reasonably accommodated in instruction and campus life. Reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities is a shared faculty and student responsibility. Students are expected to inform faculty [me] of their need for instructional accommodations by the end of the third week of the semester, or as soon as possible after a disability has been incurred or recognized. Faculty [I], will work either directly with the student [you] or in coordination with the McBurney Center to identify and provide reasonable instructional accommodations. Disability information, including instructional accommodations as part of a student's educational record, is confidential and protected under FERPA.” http://mcburney.wisc.edu/facstaffother/faculty/syllabus.php DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Institutional statement on diversity: “Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.” https:// diversity.wisc.edu/ Sociology 633 Syllabus, page 4 of 7

TOPICS AND READINGS Most readings will be found in GS, as indicated. Additional or alternative readings may be assigned during the semester depending on the flow of the course and our developing interests. These will be posted on the Canvas Soc 633 web site. I will post the expected readings to be covered by Friday of the preceding week. Source codes GS, WT, WTAS, UC: See list at “Required Textbooks” on p. 2, above. SSSP = Grusky and Szelenyi, Social Stratification in Sociological Perspective, 2nd ed. (purchase not required; these articles will be posted on Canvas). CANVAS = The reading is posted on the Soc 633 Canvas page. 1. Is Inequality Inevitable? Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore, “Some Principles of Stratification.” GS 16-19; 4 pp. , "An Analytical Approach to the Theory of Social Stratification." 22 pp. CANVAS. Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, and Kim Voss, “Inequality by Design.” GS 20-24; 5 pp. Alan B. Krueger, “Inequality, Too Much of a Good Thing.” GS 25-34; 10 pp. 2. Classes Karl Marx, “Classes in Capitalism and Pre-Capitalism.” GS 36-47; 12 pp. , “Class Counts.” GS 48-55; 8 pp. 3. Class and Status Max Weber, “Class, Status, Party.” GS 56-67; 12 pp. Thorstein Veblen, “The Theory of the Leisure Class.” SSSP 491-498 [8 pp.] CANVAS Anthony Giddens, “The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies.” SSSP 152-162; 11 pp. CANVAS Tak Wing Chan and John H. Goldthorpe, “Is There a Status Order in Contemporary British Society?” GS 68-85; 18 pp. 4a. History of Class in the U.S., Part 1 Isenberg, Chapters 1-5 in WT. 4b. History of Class in the U.S., Part 2 Isenberg, Chapters 6-9 in WT. 5. Extremes of Power C. Wright Mills, “The Power Elite,” GS 100-111; 12 pp. G. William Domhoff, “Who Rules America?” GS 112-117; 6 pp. Alvin W. Gouldner, “The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class.” GS 118-127; 10 pp. David Brooks, “Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There.” GS 128-135; 8 pp. Sociology 633 Syllabus, page 5 of 7

6a. Extremes of Income: Winner-Take-All Markets Robert H. Frank and Philip J. Cook, WTAS, Chapters 1-4. 6b. Extremes of Income: Winner-Take-All Markets, continued. Robert H. Frank and Philip J. Cook, WTAS, Chapters 5-8. 6c. Extremes of Income: Winner-Take-All Markets, continued. Robert H. Frank and Philip J. Cook, WTAS, Chapters 9-11. 7. Poverty: How It Works and How Much There Is Barbara Ehrenreich, “Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting by in America.” GS 136-146; 11 pp. Timothy Smeeding, “Poorer By Comparison.” GS 153-158; 6 pp. 8. Sources of Poverty and the Underclass , “Jobless Poverty: A New Form of Social Dislocation in the Inner- Ghetto” GS 159-169; 11 pp. Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton, “American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass” GS 170-181; 12 pp. Anne R. Pebley and Narayan Sastry, “Neighborhoods, Poverty, and Children's Well-being” GS 182-195; 14 pp. Bruce Western, “Incarceration, Unemployment, and Inequality.” GS 208-213; 6 pp. 9. Constructing Racial Categories Michael Omi and Howard Winant, “Racial Formation in the : From the 1960s to the 1990s.” GS 222-227; 6 pp. Reynolds Farley, “Racial Identities in 2000.” GS 228-236; 9 pp. Herbert J. Gans, “The Possibility of a New Racial Hierarchy in the Twenty-first-century United States.” GS 304-313; 10 pp. 10. Change and Persistence in Racial and Ethnic Inequality William Julius Wilson, “The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions.” GS 282-295; 14 pp. Joe R. Feagin, “The Continuing Significance of Race: Antiblack Discrimination in Public Places.” GS 269-275; 6 pp. Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan, “Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination.” GS 254-269; 16 pp. 11. Other Dimensions of Racial Inequality Claude Steele, “Stereotype Threat and African-American Student Achievement.” GS 276-281; 6 pp. Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro, “Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality.” GS 296-303; 8 pp. MIDTERM EXAM [approximate topical position] Sociology 633 Syllabus, page 6 of 7

12. Gender Inequality Pamela Stone, “Getting to Equal.” GS 337-344 [8 pp.] Arlie Russell Hochschild, “The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work.” GS 326-331 [6 pp.] Claudia Goldin and Cecilia Rouse, “Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of 'Blind' Auditions on Female Musicians.” GS 351-364 [14 pp.] Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard, and In Paik, “Getting a Job; Is There a Motherhood Penalty?” GS 365-377 [13 pp.] 13. Opportunity Structures Aage B. Sorensen and Arne L. Kalleberg, “An Outline of a Theory of the Matching of Persons to Jobs.” SSSP, pp. 438-448 [11 pp.] CANVAS Barbara F. Reskin, “Labor Markets as Queues: A Structural Approach to Changing Occupational Sex Composition.” SSSP, pp. 719-733 [15 pp.] CANVAS Provisional (more difficult): John Allen Logan, “Opportunity and Choice in Socially Structured Labor Markets” American Journal of Sociology. pp. 114-118, 128-136, 154-157 [18 pp.] CANVAS 14. The Gender Gap in Wages Trond Petersen and Laurie A. Morgan, “The Within-Job Gender Wage Gap.” GS 412-420; 9 pp. , “Devaluation and the Pay of Comparable Male and Female Occupations.” GS 421-426; 6 pp. Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn, “The Gender Pay Gap; Have Women Gone as Far as They Can?” GS 426-444; 19 pp. 15a. Transmission of Competitive Advantages in Families, 1 Annette Laureau, UC, Chapters 1-4 [pp. 1-81], and Appendix B, “Understanding the Work of Pierre Bourdieau,” [7 pp.]. [Pages based on the Kindle edition.] Provisional (more difficult): Pierre Bourdieu, “Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste.” SSSP pp. 499-520 [22 pp.] CANVAS 15b. Transmission of Competitive Advantages in Families, 2 Annette Laureau, UC, Chapters 5-9 [pp. 82-197] 15c. Transmission of Competitive Advantages in Families, 3 Annette Laureau, UC, Chapters 10-15 [pp. 198-341] 16. Social Mobility Timothy Egan, “No Degree, and No Way Back to the Middle.” GS 452-455; 4 pp. David L. Featherman and Robert M. Hauser, “A Refined Model of Occupational Mobility.” GS 469-480 [12 pp.] Richard Breen, “Social Mobility in Europe.” GS 481-498 [18 pp.] Sociology 633 Syllabus, page 7 of 7

Jan O. Jonsson, David B. Grusky, Matthew Di Carlo, and Reinhard Pollak, “It’s a Decent Bet That Our Children Will Be Professors Too.” GS 499-516 [18 pp.] 17. Status and Income Attainment Peter M. Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan, with the collaboration of Andrea Tyree, “The Process of Stratification.” GS 527-540 [14 pp.] David J. Harding, Christopher Jencks, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Susan E. Mayer, “Family Background and Income in Adulthood, 1961-1999.” GS 541-552 [12 pp.] William H. Sewell, Archibald O. Haller, and , “The Educational and Early Occupational Attainment Process.” GS 553-566 [14 pp.] 18. Social Capital, Networks, and Attainment Mark S. Granovetter, “The Strength of Weak Ties.” GS 589-593 [5 pp.] Nan Lin, “Social Networks and Status Attainment.” GS 594-596 [3 pp.] Ronald S. Burt, “Structural Holes.” GS 597-601 [5 pp.] Roberto M. Fernandez and Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, “Networks, Race, and Hiring.” GS 602-611 [10 pp.] 19. Health Janny Scott, “Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer” GS 614-621 [8 pp.] John Mullahy, Stephanie Robert, and Barbara Wolfe, “Health, Income, and Inequality” GS 622-635 [14 pp.] 20. Culture, Lifestyles, and Politics Eszter Hargittai, “The Digital Reproduction of Inequality.” GS 660-670 [11 pp.] Michael Hout and Benjamin Moodie, “The Realignment of U.S. Presidential Voting, 1948-2004” SSSP 4th ed.: 567-575 [9 pp.] CANVAS 21. Globalization and Inequality Joseph E. Stiglitz, “Globalism's Discontents” GS 672-680 [9 pp.] Glenn Firebaugh, “The New Geography of Global Income Inequality.” GS 681-694 [14 pp.]