social inequality

Identify one specific form of discrimination experienced by one of the social groups addressed in this week’s resources.

Stratification and Social Inequality This week’s learning resources address stratification and inequality in society (UMGC, n.d.). In your main post this week, please address the following, using this week’s learning resources: Part 1. What is stratification and how might discrimination contribute to it? As part of your response, explain what the terms stratification and discrimination […]

Write an essay discussing on how crime and its control in urban communities reflects and reinforces social inequality.

Social inequality in Urban Communities Discuss how crime and its control in urban communities reflects and reinforces social inequality. Use the references provided below. Borchard, K. (2010). Between Poverty and a Lifestyle: The Leisure Activities of Homeless People in Las Vegas. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 39(4), 441-466. Dean, A. L. (Producer), & Anderson, K. (Director). […]

Prepare a 3000 word data analysis report using R to investigate a topic in politics of social inequality. Introduce a question and theory and then spend the majority of the paper explaining how the data itself should be investigated using R.

Topic: Data analysis report using R to investigate a topic in politics of social inequality The paper should be a 3000 word data analysis report in a format that resembles a PNAS data report. Introduce a question and theory and then spend the majority of the paper explaining how the data itself should be investigated […]

Provide the name of the film or show, and the episode title or number (for a TV show) or air date (for news or talk show), and provide a very brief summary of the plot/setting of the story.

Social Inequality WATCH 30-60 minutes of popular media content of your choosing that illustrates an example of social inequality based on race, ethnicity, gender, or social class (the book touched briefly on inequality based on sexual orientation and gender identity, so you are welcome to include those areas as well). READ Chapter 7 of the […]

Discuss how an individual’s race, class, and gender can influence the way that he or she is socialized.

Socialization As humans, we become aware of ourselves as belonging to a group and we learn how to behave through the process of socialization. In addition to reading Chapter 4 of the text, you will also read Introduction to Sociology: 06 Socialization c’ . After reading the required resources, describe the various agents of socialization […]

What assumptions do people make about it that sociology can inform (or change)? What does sociology bring to the table that differs from people’s everyday social and cultural assumptions?

Identify a sociologically relevant topic or problem of your choosing. For your final project, you must link that topic/problem to the wide range of tools of sociological thought you have learned this semester in a presentation (e.g., PowerPoint) or written review. Your project must substantially fulfill the following requirements: Give a background of the topic […]

Write a 4 to 5 paper about the social forces that shaped their life chances.

Chose a person from the secondary text that you read, or a famous person or a fictional character. Write a 4 to 5 paper about the social forces that shaped their life chances. This should be a “snapshot” of their current life status and the factors that created their current SES and class in society. […]

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