Week - 1 |
Introduction and main concepts |
Week - 2 |
Inequality and Social Stratification: Roots of inequality, systems of social stratification |
Week - 3 |
Classical Social Stratification Theories: Marx and Weber |
Week - 4 |
Modern Theories of Social Stratification I: Functionalists and Conflicters |
Week - 5 |
Modern Theories of Social Stratification II: Neo-Marxists and Neo-Weberians |
Week - 6 |
End-of-class discussions and the analytical significance of the concept of class |
Week - 7 |
Contemporary Theories of Social Stratification: Bourdieu |
Week - 8 |
Boundaries of class theories: Gender |
Week - 9 |
Boundaries of class theories: Ethnicity, underclass and precariat |
Week - 10 |
Poverty |
Week - 11 |
Social stratification in Turkey - From the Ottoman Empire to the Republic |
Week - 12 |
Social stratification in Turkey - From the Early Republic to the Present |
Week - 13 |
Movie discussion week |
Week - 14 |
Student presentations |