The social psychology of inequality - Einzelansicht

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Social and economic inequality are pervasive features of modern societies. This is remarkable as most individuals, in most places, express preferences for more egalitarian societies and relationships. This seminar addresses a range of sociological, economic, and psychological literature to understand the ways in which individuals evaluate and react to inequalities. We will start by looking at general (global) inequality developments. Thereafter we will look at the ways in which individuals make judgements and decisions (i.e. using heuristics). Finally, we will look at how individuals evaluate and react to inequalities and how these evaluations can be understood with the knowledge we aquired on judgement and decision making.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The seminar will take place online via zoom. We will meet bi-weekly from 10am to 2pm at the following dates: 03.11.20 (10am-12pm), 17.11.20, 01.12.2020, 15.12.2020, 12.01.2021, 26.01.2021, 09.02.2021.

The seminar starts on November 3, 2020. The course language is English. If all course participants speak fluent German, we can do some parts in German.

Questions concerning the organizational structure of the seminar can be asked by phone. Please call the chair's secretariat. You can find the office hours on the homepage of the chair. Please refrain from sending us e-mails. Thank you very much for your understanding.

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SEMINAR WORK

- hold a presentation
- prepare short questions for each session

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INFORMATION ON THE 'MODULPRÜFUNG' (MODULE EXAMINATION)

You can write a term paper (about 15 pages) in this module. The requirements for the term paper will be discussed in detail during the semester - information can be found in Moodle. The course is offered in the following 4 modules:

BVMSOZ510 (Sozialstrukturen im Vergleich)
BA PB 12 (Vertiefungsstudium Soziologie)

Registration for the module examination must be completed by 12.02.2021.

Milanovic, B. (2011). Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality. Princeton University Press.

Piketty, T., & Saez, E. (2014). Inequality in the long run. Science, 344(6186), 838–843.

Kahneman, D., 2011. Thinking Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York.

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