SOCIOL

Nearly one in three residents of the United States lives close to the poverty line, and a growing number of people live in deep poverty, subsisting on less than $2 per day. This course examines the social world of poverty in the US today. It pays...

What does it mean to be a child? What is it like to be a child? Drawing on the tools of sociology, we will see how children’s lives and life chances are shaped by their social position, their social contexts, and the broad social structures in their...