Implications of Disparity in Wealth Accumulation
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about the practical implications of having more or less wealth. He argues that those with adequate financial resources generally attend better schools, and have more financial support as t...
How Wealth is Passed On
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about some of the ways in which wealth is passed on from one generation to the next. As an example, he cites the fact that many parents pay for the cost of college for their children, or h...
Health and Inequality
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about the complex relationship between health and a variety of factors, including social, racial and economic inequality.
Families Today and Tomorrow: Family Challenges: Employment
The United States has gone from an industrial economy in the first half of the 20th century to a post-industrial and service economy. The implications of this shift for the American family have been enormous.
Barriers to African-American Wealth Accumulation
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about discriminatory practices which prevented most African-Americans from participating in the great American housing boom from the 1950's through the end of the 20th century. Professor C...
Truth Be Told: Research Tools and Techniques
The tools and techniques of sociological research are wide-ranging. The choice about which to use is generally dictated by the topic being researched, as well as the preferences of the sociologist.
Residential Segregation
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about residential segregation, noting that it has important economic, educational and family consequences. Professor Conley observes that there is a premium for being a white neighborhood ...
Redlining
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about the origins of the discriminatory lending practice known as "redlining."
Ups and Downs: Women, Minorities and Social Class
Those who tumble out of America's lower middle class and into poverty generally don't constitute a random cross-section of the U.S. population. More often than not they are women and minorities.
Working: Working Women and Childcare
Finding suitable childcare has increasingly become an important issue for nearly all working parents. In large part, this has come about because massive structural changes in the U.S. economy have brought working women into the labor force in grea...