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Research and analyze a current social issue involving social stratification by applying course concepts and theories

Social Stratification

RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT: INSTRUCTIONS

TASK:  Research and analyze a current social issue
involving social stratification by applying course concepts and theories.
  Choose a contemporary issue or form of social
inequality that exists in American society to analyze, and apply sociological
concepts and at least 1 theory in examining the issue (using Marger’s book as a
source); note that theories usually contain at least 3 concepts, or 3 key
points of theory.    

Use the course text book (Marger’s, Social Inequality)
and at least 2 additional outside, peer-reviewed sources to analyze the issue
you’ve selected.

NOTE: you must
meet the task assigned to earn points on this assignment; a paper on a related
topic that does not meet the requirements will get zero points.  Also, you cannot use a paper that you
previously wrote for another class, it must be an original work submitted for
this course only.

FORMAT: Paper
length is 3-4 pages (do not exceed page limit), double-spaced and use font size
similar to that used on this page (e.g., Cambria 12 font).   Margins should be 1” on all sides and the
Title page is a separate page that is not numbered and contains: Title of
Paper, Course Number and Course Name, Date and Professor’s Name.

TOPICS/ISSUES: Focus
your analysis on a contemporary issue that relates to an aspect of social inequality
examined in Marger’s book chapters and/or select one of the following issues:

  • Wage
    inequality (gender issues, race and ethnic issues…etc.)
  • Homelessness
    or poverty-related issues
  • Occupational
    sex segregation
  • Racial
    or ethnic gaps in education
  • Child
    poverty and/or the struggles of single parents with single-incomes
  • Residential
    segregation
  • Income
    inequality among CEOs and workers
  • Poverty
    and inequality (family origins, family structure and opportunities?)
  • Affordable
    Health Insurance and quality care?
  • Intergenerational
    Income Mobility—moving up or down?
  • Globalization
    and American jobs
  • Bad
    jobs, good jobs…does college increase employment options?
  • Unemployment,
    under-employment and worker struggles
  • Wealth
    inequality  and the shrinking
    middle-class
  • Unionized
    worker’s wages and benefits – the upside and is there a downside?
  • Immigrants
    and inequality
  • Political
    inequality – power and representation
  • Taxation
    inequality and how the U.S. compares by class status and also to other
    nations?
  • Who
    rules America?  Political Elites, Economic
    Elites and Corporations? There’s a website on, Who Rules America (you can
    find it by doing a search on the internet).

Or you can develop your own topic on some current issue of
social inequality; contact me via email if you’d like feedback on the topic
you’ve selected. 

Also, for most of the topics listed above you could do an analysis
that focuses on this region, Bakersfield or Kern County (or nearby cities…even
your neighborhood if you’d like—as long as you meet the task assigned).

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