Explorations in Class, Power and Inequality

The course starts out with an overview of recent developments in class and inequality research with a focus on theory, methodology and empirical applications. Rather than treating old and new theory and models as fixed we are interested in exploring the possibilities to expand the theoretical vocabulary and methodologies associated with analysis of social class, power and inequality. The course should stimulate the course participants to creativity and independence in their own research. The course is set up as a mix of lectures and workshops where course participants have the opportunity to problematize and develop questions in their own dissertation projects.

Knowledge objectives - The student must:

• Discuss theoretical / methodological topics presented and discussed in the course

Skill objectives - The student must:

• deal with one of the topics addressed in the teaching in an independent way in a written work at an internationally high level.

Lectures and seminars. Contact Department of Sociology and Political Science for information on when it will be taught. Supervision of the paper. The paper is to be an independent discussion of a topic taught in lectures, and is to consist of 20 pages.