Consider a social group (e.g., a group as defined by class, race, gender, etc.), some line of division within it (dividing it into sub-groups), and ways this line of division represented a barrier against the broader group engaging in united action. Focus your paper on a specific attempt (whether successful or not) to transcend this […]

How would you define economic or social class so as to classify contemporary U.S. society into meaningful groups? What criterion or criteria would you use to distinguish one class from another (income, education, occupation, ownership, power, etc.)? Using your chosen criteria, what does the overall class structure of the United States look like (what are […]

Instructions: The purpose of this assignment is to help you clarify your understanding of the readings and to help you think about the various dimensions of these issues.  Assignment: two page, typewritten reaction paper on the topic specified below. This will be a “graded” assignment only in a loose sense; in other words it will […]