The main book of the course is:
Grusky, D. B. (ed.) (2014). Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective. 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press.
1: Introduction
Grusky, D. B. & Wiesshaar, K. R. (2014) "Ch. 1a: The Questions We Ask About Inequality" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 1-16). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [17 pages]
Davis, K. (2014 [1945]) "Ch. 2: Some Principles of Stratification" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 28-30). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. (3 pages]
Tumin, M. M. (2014 [1953]) "Ch. 3: Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 31-38). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [8 pages]
Fischer, C. S. et al. (2014 [1996]) ?Ch. 4: Inequality by Design? in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 39-42). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [4 pages]
@Jencks, C. (2002). Does Inequality Matter? Daedalus, 131(1), 49-65. [17 sider]
@Esping-Andersen, G. & Myles, J. (2011). "Economic Inequality and the Welfare State" Pp. 639-664 in W. Salverda, B. Nolan, and T. M. Smeeding Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [26 pages]
@Grusky, D. B., Mattingly, M.B., & Varner, E. B. (2016). "Executive Summary" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 3-9. [7 pages]
@Hout, M. (2016). "Labor Markets" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 10-14. [5 pages]
@Gornick, J.C. & J?ntti, M. (2013). "Poverty" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 15-24. [10 pages]
@Jusko, K. (2016). "Safety Net" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 25-31. [7 pages]
@Fisher, J. & Smeeding, T. M. (2016). "Income Inequality" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 32-38. [7 pages]
@Zucman, G. (2016). "Wealth Inequality" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 39-45. [7 pages]
@Chiemelewski, A. K. & Reardon, S. F. (2016). "Education" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 45-50. [6 pages]
@Corak, M. (2016). "Economic Mobility" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 51-58. [8 pages]
@Beckfield, J. & Morris, K. (2016). "Health" Pathways, State of the Union 2016: 51-58. (8 pages)
@Lichter, D. T., Parisi, D., & de Valk, H. (2016). "Residential Segregation." Pathways, State of the Union 2016:65-75. [11 pages]
Total: 151 pages
2-3: Structures of Inequality and Cross-National Perspectives on Macro-Level Patterns
@Neckerman, K. M., & Torche, F. (2007). Inequality: Causes and consequences. Annual Review of Sociology, 33, 335-357. [23 sider]
*Gornick, J.C. & J?ntti, M. (2013). "Income Inequality in Cross-National Perspective: A look at Levels and Trends", in Gornick & J?ntti (eds): Income Inequality, Stanford Univ Press, pp 15-22. [8 pages]
@Alderson, A. S. & 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, A. B., Piketty, T., & Saez, E. (2014) "Ch. 7: Top Incomes in the Long Run of History" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 59-72). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [14 pages]
@Autor, D. (2014) "Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among ‘the other 99 percent’" in Science 344(6186): 843–851. [9 pages]
Firebaugh, G. (2014) "Ch. 132: The New Geography of Global Income Inequality" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 1139-1150). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [12 pages]
Treiman, D. J. (2014 [1976]) "Ch. 24. Occupational Prestige in Comparative Perspective" " in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 233-236). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [4 pages]
*Goldthorpe, J. H. (2007) ? Social Class and the Differentiation of Employment Contracts? in John Goldthorpe: On Sociology. Volume Two—Illustration and Retrospect (Pp. 101-124) 2nd ed. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. [24 sider]
@Chan, T. W. & J. H. Goldthorpe (2007) "Class and Status: The Conceptual Distinction and its Empirical Relevance". American Sociological Review, 72 (4): 512–532. [21 pages]
Total: 171 pages
4-5: Perspectives on Labor Market Inequality: Human Capital, Matching, and Discrimination
@Becker, G. (1962). "Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis. Journal of Political Economy 70: 9-49. [41 pages]
S?rensen, A. B. & Kalleberg, A. L. "Ch. 71: An Outline of a Theory of the Matching of Persons to Jobs" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 632-639). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press [9 pages]
*Stovel, K. & C. Fountain (2010). "Matching." I: P. Hedstr?m og P. Bearman (red.) Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford University Press, pp. 365-390. [25 pages]
Granovetter, M. S. (2014) ?Ch. 74. The Strength of Weak Ties" " in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 653-657). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [5 pages]
Lin, N. (2014) "Ch, 75: Social Networks and Status Attainment"" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 657-659). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [3 pages]
*England, P. (1992). Comparable Worth: Theory and Evidence. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. Excerpt, 54-68. [15 pages]
Reskin, B. (2014). “Ch. 98: Rethinking Employment Discrimination and Its Remedies” in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 849-858). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [10 pages]
Petersen, T. (2014) ?Ch. 99: Discrimination: Conscious or Nonconscious?? in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 858-864). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [7 pages]
Bertrand, M., & S. Mullainathan (2014) "Ch. 86: Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 747-751). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [5 pages]
@ Birkelund, G.E.; Heggeb?, K. & Rogstad, J. (2016). Additive or Multiplicative Disadvantage? The Scarring Effects of Unemployment for Ethnic Minorities. European Sociological Review. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcw030 [13 pages]
Total: 133 pages
6-7: Social Origin, Education and Intergenerational Mobility
@Bj?rklund, A. & J?ntti, M. (2011). "Intergenerational Income Mobility and the Role of Family Background" Pp. 491-522 in Salverda, W., Nolan, B. and Smeeding, T. M. Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [31 pages]
@Breen, R., & Jonsson, J. O. (2005). "Inequality of opportunity in comparative perspective: Recent research on educational attainment and social mobility." Annual Review of Sociology 31: 223-243. [21 pages]
@Van de Werfhorst, H. G., & Mijs, J. J.B. (2010) "Achievement inequality and the institutional structure of educational systems: A comparative perspective." Annual Review of Sociology 36: 407-428. [22 pages]
Breen, R., Luuijkx, R. Müller, W. & Pollak R. (2014). "Ch. 62: Nonpersistent Inequality in Educational Attainment" " in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 551-561). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [12 pages]
Breen, R. (2014). "Ch. 54: Social Mobility in Europe" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 464-479). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [16 pages]
Jonsson, J. O., Grusky, D. B., Di Carlo, M., & Pollak, R. (2014). "Ch 55: It’s a Decent Bet Our Children Will Be Professors Too" " in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 480-495). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [16 pages]
@Chan, T. W., and Boliver, V. (2013). "The Grandparents Effect in Social Mobility: Evidence from British Birth Cohort Studies." American Sociological Review 78(4):662-678, [17 pages]
@Mastekaasa, A. (2011) "Social Origins and Labour Market Success – Stability and Change over Norwegian Birth Cohorts 1950–1969." European Sociological Review 27(1):1-15. [15 pages]
Lareau, A. (2014) ?Ch. 116. Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life? in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 1013-1022). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [11 pages]
@Knudsen, E. I., Heckman, J. J., Cameron, J. L., & Shonkoff, J. P. (2006). Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America’s future workforce. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(27), 10155-10162. [8 pages]
@Nielsen, F, & Roos, J. M. "Genetics of Educational Attainment and the Persistence of Privilege at the Turn of the 21st Century." Social Forces 94 (2): 535-561. [27 pages]
Total: 196 pages
8-9: Immigration and Ethnic Inequality in Education, the Labor Market, and Spatial Domains
Alba, R. D., and Nee, V. (2014) "Ch. 83: Assimilation Theory for an Era of Unprecedented Diversity" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 721-728). 4th ed. Boulder: Westview Press. [8 pages]
Portes, A. & Zhou, M. (2014) "Ch. 84: The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants" in David B. Grusky (ed.) Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Pp. 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]
@Ichou, M. (2014). "Who They Were There: Immigrants’ Educational Selectivity and Their Children’s Educational Attainment."European Sociological Review 30:750-765. [16 pages]
@Hermansen, A. S., & Birkelund, G.E. (2015). "The Impact of Immigrant Classmates on Educational Outcomes." Social Forces 94(2):615-642. [32 pages]
@Bratsberg, B., & R?ed, K. (2016) "The Nordic Welfare Model in an Open European Labor Market". Nordic Economic Policy Review: Whither the Nordic Welfare Model? 2015 (2):19-42. [24 pages]
@Hermansen, A. S. (2016). "Moving Up or Falling Behind? Intergenerational Socioeconomic Transmission among Children of Immigrants in Norway." European Sociological Review 32 (5): 675-689. [15 pages]
Total: 131 pages
10-11: Gender Equality: Education, Work, and Family
@Buchmann, C. & DiPrete, T. A. (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. and Grusky, D. B. (2004) "The Four Puzzles of Sex Segregation." I: Charles & Grusky (red.) Occupational Ghettos (ch. 1). Stanford: Stanford University Press. [35 pages]
@Petersen, T., A. M. Penner, and G. 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, 119: 1434-1472. [39 pages]
@Charles, M. (2011). A world of difference: international trends in women's economic status. Annual Review of Sociology, 37, 355-371. [17 pages]
*Polachek, S. (2012) "A Human Capital Account of the Gender Pay Gap", in Grusky, Davis & Tamar Kricheli-Katz (eds.) The New Gilded Age. Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time. Stanford Univeristy Press, pp. 161-188 [27 pages]
*Blau, F. D. (2012) "The Sources of the Gender Pay Gap", in Grusky, Davis & Tamar Kricheli-Katz (eds.) The New Gilded Age. Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time. Stanford University Press, pp 189-208 [19 pages]
*Harkness, S. (2013) "Women’s Employment and Household Income Inequality", in Gornick & J?ntti (eds): Income Inequality, Stanford University Press, pp 207-230 [23 pages]
Total: 186 pages
12: Summary
@Hout, M., & DiPrete, T. A. (2006). What we have learned: RC28's contributions to knowledge about social stratification. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 24(1), 1-20. [21 pages]
Total: 21 pages
Grand total: 989 pages
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