The main book of the course is:
David B. Grusky (2014) Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed, Westview Press, Colorado.
Lecture 1: Social inequality — Introduction, concepts and theoretical perspectives
Grusky, David B. og Wiesshaar, Katherine R. (2014) "Ch. 1a. The Questions We Ask About Inequality" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (17 pages)
Grusky, David B. og Szélenyi, Szonja (2014) "Ch. 1b. The Stories We Tell About Inequality" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (9 pages)
Davis, Kingsley (2014 [1945]) "Ch. 2. Some Principles of Stratification" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (3 pages)
Tumin, Melvin M. (2014 [1953]) "Ch. 3. Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (8 pages)
Fischer, Claude S. et al. (2014 [1996]) ?Ch. 4. Inequality by Design? in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (4 pages)
*Krueger, Alan B. (2008 [2003]) ?Inequality, Too Much of a Good Thing? in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 3rd ed. (p. 53-60) (7 pages)
Grusky, David og Weisshaar, Katherine R. (2014) "Ch. 5. A Compressed History of Inequality" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (9 pages)
Esping-Andersen, G?sta og Myles, John (2014 [2008]) "Ch. 6 The Welfare State and Redistribution" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed (7 pages)
Total: 64 pages
Lecture 2: Inequality as a macro phenomenon
@Alderson, A. S. og Fran?ois Nielsen, F. (2002) Globalization and the Great U-Turn: Income Inequality Trends in 16 OECD Countries. American Journal of Sociology, 107: 1244-1299. (56 pages)
Atkinson, Anthony B., Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez (2014 [2011]) "Ch. 7. Top Incomes in the Long Run of History" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (14 pages)
Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence F. Katz (2014 (2008)) "Ch. 8. The Race Between Education and Technology" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (7 pages)
@Autor, David (2014) "Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among ‘the other 99 percent’" in Science (9 pages)
Firebaugh, Glenn (2014 [2003]) "Ch. 132. The New Geography of Global Income Inequality" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (12 pages)
Total: 98 pages
Lecture 3: Structures of inequality: social class, social status and occupational groups
Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky (2014 [2012]) "Ch. 23. The Changing Form of Inequality" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (11 pages)
Treiman, Donald J. (2014 [1976]) "Ch. 24. Occupational Prestige in Comparative Perspective" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (4 pages)
*Goldthorpe, John (2007) ?Chapter Five: Social Class and the Differentiation of Employment Contracts? in John Goldthorpe "On Sociology. Volume Two—Illustration and Retrospect" (s. 101-124) 2. utgave. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press (24 sider)
@Chan, T. W og J. H. Goldthorpe (2007) "Class and Status: The Conceptual Distinction and its Empirical Relevance". American Sociological Review, 72 (4): 512–532. 21 pages
Total: 60 pages
Lecture 4: Intergenerational mobility – comparative trends
*Tach, Laura and Christopher Jencks (2006) ?Would Equal Opportunity Mean More Mobility?? in Stephen L. Morgan, David B. Grusky and Gary S. Fields (eds.) "Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Research in Sociology and Economics" Palo Alto: Stanford University Press (p. 23-58) (35 pages)
Ermisch, John, Markus J?nnti, Timothy Smeeding, and James A. Wilson (2014 [2012]) "Ch. 57. Advantage in Comparative Perspective" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (5 pages)
Breen, Richard (2014 [2004]) "Ch. 54. Social Mobility in Europe" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (16 pages)
Jonsson, Jan O., David B. Grusky, Matthew Di Carlo, and Reinhard Pollak (2014 [2008/2009/2011]) "Ch. 55. It’s a Decent Bet Our Children Will Be Professors Too" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (16 pages)
Breen, Richard, Ruud Luuijkx, Walter Müller, and Reinhard Pollak (2014 [2009]) "Ch. 62. Nonpersistent Inequality in Educational Attainment" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (12 pages)
Jackson, Michelle (2014 [2013]) "Ch. 63. Determined to Succeed" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (8 pages)
@Hansen, Marianne Nordli. (2008) Rational Action Theory and Educational Attainment. Changes in the Impact of Economic Resources. European Sociological Review, 24: 1-17. 17 pages.
@Mastekaasa, Arne. (2009) "Social origins and labour market success – stability and change over Norwegian birth cohorts 1950–1969". European Sociological Review. 15 pages.
Total: 124 pages
Lecture 5: Intergenerational mobility II – Social mechanisms
@Farkas, George. (2003). "Cognitive Skills and Noncognitive Traits and Behaviors in Stratification Processes." Annual Review of Sociology 29:541-562. [22 sider]
* Bj?rklund, T., M. J?ntti, og G. Solon. (2008) "Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation: A Report on a Study of Various Sibling Types in Sweden." (pp. 145-164) in Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, & Melissa Osborne Groves (eds.) Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success. Princeton University Press. 20 pages.
* Ermisch, John, and Chiara Pronzato. (2011). "Causal Effects of Parents' Education on Children's Education." Pp. 237-260 in Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility, edited by Timothy M. Smeeding, Robert Erikson, and Markus J?ntti. New York: Russel Sage Foundation. [24 pages]
@Mare, Robert (2011). A Multigenerational View of Inequality, Demography, 48: 1–23. 22 pages.
@Schwartz, Christine R. (2013). "Trends and Variation in Assortative Mating: Causes and Consequences." Annual Review of Sociology 39:451-470. [20 pages]
Total: 108 pages
Lecture 6: Poverty and the impact of early childhood
Lareau, Annette (2014 []) ?Ch. 116. Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life? in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (11 pages)
Heckman, James J. (2014 [2006]) "Ch. 48. Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (5 pages)
Evans, Gary W., Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Pamela Kato Klebanov (2014 [2011]) "Ch. 50. Stressing Out the Poor" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race and, Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (8 pages)
*Duncan, Greg J., Kjetil Telle, Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest, and Ariel Kalil. (2011). "Economic Deprivation in Early Childhood and Adult Attainment: Comparative Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data and the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics." Pp. 209-234 in Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility, edited by Timothy M. Smeeding, Robert Erikson, and Markus J?ntti. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. [35 pages]
Total: 59 pages
Lecture 7: Labour market – Human capital and social networks
@Heckman, James J. (2000). ?Policies to foster human capital", Research in Economics, Vol. 54: 3–56.
Granovetter, Mark S. (2014 []) ?Ch. 74. The Strength of Weak Ties" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (5 pages)
Lin, Nan (2014) "Ch, X. Social Networks and Status Attainment"" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (3 pages)
Burt, Ronald S. (2014 []) "Structural Holes" " in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (5 pages)
Total: 66 pages
Lecture 8: Labor market – Matching and discrimination
S?rensen, Aage B. and Arne L. Kalleberg "Ch. 71. An Outline of a Theory of the Matching of Persons to Jobs" in David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. (9 pages)
*Stovel, K. og C. Fountain (2010). "Matching." I: P. Hedstr?m og P. Bearman (red.) The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford University Press, pp. 365-390. 25 pages.
Bertrand, Marianne, and Sendhil Mullainathan (2014 [2004]) "86 Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination" (5 pages)
Petersen, Trond (2014 []) ?Discrimination: Conscious or Nonconscious?? [7 pages]
Reskin, B. (2014 [2002]) Ch. 98 Rethinking Employment Discrimination and Its Remedies. I: David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (p. 849-858). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. 10 pages
@Petersen, T., Saporta, I., og Seidel, M. D. L. (2000) Offering a Job: Meritocracy and Social Networks. American Journal of Sociology, 106: 763–816. 54 pages.
Total: 110 pages
Lecture 9: Gender, education, work and family
@Buchmann, Claudia & Thomas A. DiPrete (2006) The Growing Female Advantage in College Completion: The Role of Family Background and Academic Achievement, American Sociological Review, 71: 515-541. 26 pages.
*Charles, M. og Grusky, D. B. (2004) The Four Puzzles of Sex Segregation.I: Charles & Grusky (red.) Occupational Ghettos (Ch. 1). Stanford: Stanford University Press. 35 pages.
@Mastekaasa, A. og G. E. Birkelund (2011). "The Equalizing Effect of Wives’ Earnings on inequalities in earnings among households. Exploring patterns and mechanisms, Norway 1974-2004." European Societies, in print 2011. 30 pages.
@Petersen, Trond, Andrew M. Penner, and Geir H?gsnes (2014) From Motherhood Penalties to Husband Premia: The New Challenge for Gender Equality and Family Policy, Lessons from Norway, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 119: 1434-1472. 38 pages.
England, Paula (2014 [2010]) "Ch. 111. The Gender Revolution: Uneven and Stalled" i David B. Grusky Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective 4th ed. [11 pages]
Total: 140 pages
Lecture 10: Immigration and inequality
Alba, Richard D., and Victor Nee (2014 [2005]) ?Ch. 83. Assimilation Theory for an Era of Unprecedented Diversity" I: David B. Grusky (red.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (p. 721-728). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. (8 pages)
Portes, Alejandro og Min Zhou (2014 [1993]) ?84. The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants? I: David B. Grusky (red.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (p. 729-740).4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. (11 pages)
@Heath, A. F., Rothon, C. og Kilpi, E. (2008) The Second Generation in Western Europe: Education, Unemployment, and Occupational Attainment. Annual Review of Sociology, 34: 211–35. 25 pages.
@Hermansen, Are Skeie (2013) Occupational Attainment Among Children of Immigrants in Norway: Bottlenecks into Employment– Equal Access to Advantaged Positions? European Sociological Review, 29: 517- 534. 17 pages.
@Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbj?rn Raaum, and Knut R?ed. (2012). "Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools." Nordic Economic Policy Review 3:211-251. 51 sider.
Ichou, Mathieu. (2014). "Who They Were There: Immigrants’ Educational Selectivity and Their Children’s Educational Attainment." European Sociological Review 30:750-765. 16 pages.
Total: 138 pages
Lecture 11: Segregation in schools and neighborhoods
@Hermansen, Are Skeie, and Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund. (2015). "The Impact of Immigrant Classmates on Educational Outcomes." Social Forces. 32 pages.
@Wodtke, G. T., David J. Harding & Felix Elwert (2011) Neighborhood Effects in Temporal Perspective. The Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Concentrated Disadvantage on High School Graduation, American Sociological Review, 76: 713-736. 23 pages.
Total: 55 pages
Lecture 12: Course summary and preparations for the exam
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