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CLASS RESOURCES
American Social Indicators
http://www.aminso.com/
This site offers current social class research to the student.
Primary areas for discussion include indicators, questions, and
discussion. The section on indicators is a nice example of hypertext
and a statistical review of social class.
Bibliography on Class
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/CLASS/bibA.html
Albert Benschop of the Department of Sociology at the University of
Amsterdam has compiled a very extensive bibliography on social
class. None of the entries are in hypertext.
Critical Issue: Realizing New Learning for All
Students through Professional Development
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd200.htm
Educators are increasingly realizing the impact of community
involvement in teaching and learning. Culture assumes various
definitions in the educational literature. This site is an important
resource for assisting educators to communicate with adults of
several social classes in the reform of public education.
Disney's Celebration
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/celebration.html
One of the newest innovations of Disney is the construction of
Celebration, a planned community near Orlando. This web site will
provide some connection with other sites on the subject of social
class. Included in the site are some online essays on the
development and construction of Celebration and a very nice photo
gallery.
Homeless in America
http://www.commnet.edu/QVCTC/student/GaryOKeefe/homeless/frame.html
A serious overview of homelessness. This page discusses the new
poverty, homelessness, families, veterans, joblessness, chemical
dependency, mental illness, domestic violence, health, and
education.
"The Plain People"
http://www.800padutch.com/amish.html
The Amish are a religious group who live in 22 U.S. states and in
Ontario, Canada. This is an excellent page on the culture of the
Amish, the Mennonites, the Brethren, and the other "Plain People"
which contains some very good photos and is very descriptive of the
"plain people." This page may reflect a different dimension of
discussions on social class
Social Class in Contemporary Societies
http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/SocialClass/about.html
Social Class in contemporary societies is an electronic medium for
scholars to discuss social class. An article index (hypertext) is
provided, and a relevant set of links are also provided.
Social Class
http://www.inlink.com/~tfc/class.html
This site list three ways of viewing social stratification: three
class system, six class system, and the nine class system. Max
Weber's concepts of power, wealth, and prestige are discussed.
Social Class and Poverty
http://www.abacon.com/sociology/soclinks/sclass.html
This is an Allyn and Bacon commercial site. This page has numerous
links, and is categorized as follows: general sites on social class
and poverty, the homeless, and hunger.
Social Class and Stratification
http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/COURSES/SOC401/401syll.html
Sociology 401/501—This page is a syllabus for a class on social
class and stratification. This syllabus is a good introduction to
these two concepts.
Welfare Mom Homepage
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1064/
A welfare mother discusses some of the myth of welfare. Readings,
resources and links are provided. Of particular value is the self
portrait written by the author.
The Underclass and the Culture of Poverty
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/ECN258/undercla.htm
This site provides for a discussion of both concepts, underclass and
culture of poverty. These concepts are reviewed from several
sociological perspectives.
WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
http://www.mcmaster.ca/socscidocs/w3virtsoclib/socnet.htm
This is a very serious web site for the study of social class as
well as many other issues in sociology. This is truly a megasite for
students of sociology. |