First session: introduction

Definition of social inequality,

Dimensions and types of social inequality,

Second session: Sex and Gender Inequality

Third session: Measuring Inequality

Methods and indices for measuring socio-economic inequality; Critiques and limitations of different measurement approaches

Fourth session: classical Explanations of Inequality Socio-Economic Inequality

Karl Marx: Social class, capitalism, class relationship, and inequality (conflict perspective)

Max Weber: Social status, honor (prestige), political power, and social inequality

Fifth session: classical Explanations of Inequality Socio-Economic Inequality

Émile Durkheim: Division of Labour, functionalism and social inequality

Du Bois: the colonization, exploitation, domination of peoples of color and social inequality

Sixth session: contemporary explanations of Inequality Socio-Economic Inequality

Inequality as individual differences

Labor market theories of earnings inequality

Seventh session: contemporary explanations of Inequality Socio-Economic Inequality

Categorical inequality

The Social Construction of Categories

Eighth session: How Inequalities Persist

Durable inequality through categorizing: Emulation (Tilly, 2003)

Durable inequality through adaptation

Ninth session: socio-economic inequality from a symbolic interactionist perspective

How micro-interactions reflect and create unequal power dynamics

Tenth session: The Role of Education in Inequality:

Access to education and its impact on socio-economic status

Educational policies and their influence on equality of opportunity

Relevant concepts: social comparison, relative deprivation, social justice

Eleventh session: Identity, interactions, and inequalities

Twelfth: Policy Responses to Inequality

Welfare policies and social safety nets

Progressive taxation and wealth redistribution