Annotated Bibliography on Sociology: Caste, Gender, Race, Education, and Social Stratification

This annotated bibliography includes ten scholarly articles and books on sociology covering topics such as caste, gender, race, education, and social stratification.

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Structure of the essay:
The structure includes the searching of the scholarly articles from google scholar and going
through those articles and books properly. After this it would include the citing of the
references and provide annotations of the same. The further step would include the
explanations of each article or book. The ten articles that have been taken into consideration
for the project are:
1. Jodhka, S.S., 2016. Ascriptive hierarchies: Caste and its reproduction in contemporary
India. Current Sociology, 64(2), pp.228-243.
The caste system has remained a major sociological aspect in the readings of sociology. The
above article opines the fact that the caste system has remained quite prominent in India. The
caste system leads to the social hierarchy
2. Roth, S. and Dashper, K., 2016. Sociology in the 1980s: the rise of gender (and
intersectionality). Sociology, 50(6), pp.NP1-NP12.
The journal includes the social, economic and political context of the 1980s Britain.
3. Meer, N. and Nayak, A., 2015. Race ends where? Race, racism and contemporary
sociology. Sociology, 49(6), pp.NP3-NP20.
The article is an introduction if the fact the study of race in sociology. The article includes the
concepts of race and the identity of the blacks.
4. Lash, S., 2014. Sociology of postmodernism. Routledge.
The book contains the post modern idea of sociology. The book analyses various thesis. This
includes the thesis of cultural change, the thesis of cultural type, and the thesis of social
stratification.

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5. Bradley, H., 2015. Fractured identities: Changing patterns of inequality. John Wiley &
Sons.
The book reveals the fact that the sociological concepts have not changed. The modernity and
the post modernity have different concepts of sociological implications that has been
analysed in the book.
6. Peck, S.C., Brodish, A.B., Malanchuk, O., Banerjee, M. and Eccles, J.S., 2014.
Racial/ethnic socialization and identity development in Black families: The role of parent and
youth reports. Developmental psychology, 50(7), p.1897.
The study represents the racial and ethnic socialization that is widely practiced in the
minority families.
7. Altbach, P., 2015. Higher education and the WTO: Globalization run amok. International
Higher Education, (23).
The article consists of the fact that the higher education is the utmost important aspect in the
global world.
8. Karp, D.A., Stone, G.P., Yoels, W.C. and Dempsey, N.P., 2015. Being Urban: A Sociology
of City Life: A Sociology of City Life. ABC-CLIO.
The book reveals the family life that existed in the urban area.
9. Parker, M., 2015. Between sociology and the business school: critical studies of work,
employment and organization in the UK. The Sociological Review, 63(1), pp.162-180.
The paper comments and analyzes the situation when one form of the knowledge transfers to
another part of the university. The relationship between the sociology of work and the
employment and the organization and the value of the same has been analysed in the paper.

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10. Beeghley, L., 2015. Structure of social stratification in the United States. Routledge.
The book contains the system of social stratification in the United States.

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1. Jodhka, S.S., 2016. Ascriptive hierarchies: Caste and its reproduction in
contemporary India. Current Sociology, 64(2), pp.228-243.
The caste system has remained a major sociological aspect in the readings of sociology. The
above article opines the fact that the caste system has remained quite prominent in India. The
caste system leads to the social hierarchy. The article reveals the fact that it is the peculiar
tradition of the Hindus to emanate their past tradition into the present through their religious
beliefs and the religious scriptures. The article also consists of the fact that the process of
urbanization and industrialization would end the concept of the caste system. It is based on
the individual achievement and the merit. The social inequalities can be measured through
some amount of effective tools.
2. Roth, S. and Dashper, K., 2016. Sociology in the 1980s: the rise of gender (and
intersectionality). Sociology, 50(6), pp.NP1-NP12.
The journal includes the social, economic and political context of the 1980s Britain. The early
part was marked by the emphasis on the interrelations between class and gender. The above
annotation consists of the importance of the gender in the light of sociological implications.
The article further consists of the theory of feminism. With the advancement of the world the
concept of feminism has changes and the treatment has changed, yet few aspects of the same
have remained the same. The article has opined the evolution of the British society and the
legitimacy of the analysis of the gender.
3. Meer, N. and Nayak, A., 2015. Race ends where? Race, racism and contemporary
sociology. Sociology, 49(6), pp.NP3-NP20.

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The article is an introduction if the fact the study of race in sociology. The article includes the
concepts of race and the identity of the blacks. This has been considered as a need of
developing the thoughts that are related to the concept of race. The individuals who belonged
to the lower race where denied citizenship. They were not allowed t enjoy the other facilities
in the society. The article presents an intersectional approach towards nationality, gender,
class. This includes the nuanced reading of everyday life. However the article makes the
effort to demonstrate the contemporary ideas of race and ethnicity.
4. Lash, S., 2014. Sociology of postmodernism. Routledge.
The book contains the post modern idea of sociology. The book analyses various thesis. This
includes the thesis of cultural change, the thesis of cultural type, and the thesis of social
stratification. The first and foremost idea that the book concentrates on is the difference
between the idea of modernism and post modernism. The book looks at the idea how
modernism and post modernism appears in the urban space. There is a differentiation in the
culture of the society. The cultural stratification has been considered to have a figural
significance. The book offers ample amount of examples from the cinema, theatre, panting
and architecture. The final chapter of the book views the idea of postmodernism through the
prism of Pierre Bourdieu’s.
5. Bradley, H., 2015. Fractured identities: Changing patterns of inequality. John Wiley
& Sons.
The book reveals the fact that the sociological concepts have not changed. The modernity and
the post modernity have different concepts of sociological implications that has been
analysed in the book. The key factors of the same have remained the same. The factors like

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inequality, racism and gender biasness has remained the same in the changing world. The
world has seen cultural and global development in the industrial context but they have not
seen a change in the eradication of the social issues. The individual dwell in the shifting
society and yet they are unable to experience the change that is required in the social context.
The difference between poor and the rich, the whites and the blacks, the differences between
the different castes still exists in the society. The post modern idea has brought a major
change in the concept of the sociological issues yet the entire concept remained unchanged
and it still exists in the present world. The efforts to eradicate those are not made and this the
reasons of the same has been highlighted in the book.
6. Peck, S.C., Brodish, A.B., Malanchuk, O., Banerjee, M. and Eccles, J.S., 2014.
Racial/ethnic socialization and identity development in Black families: The role of
parent and youth reports. Developmental psychology, 50(7), p.1897.
The study represents the racial and ethnic socialization that is widely practiced in the
minority families. The recent models have been taken into consideration in order to
understand how parent’s messages of socialization influences the adolescences. The goal of
the above study was to clarify and extend the existing work on the socialization in the African
American families. This is done by distinguishing between the parent and the youth reports of
the messages related to socialization. This included the promotion of the cultural pride, the
cultural history that is associated with it. The socialization of the parents is responsible for the
development of the child. The social identity is related to the cat of being social and
socialization.
7. Altbach, P., 2015. Higher education and the WTO: Globalization run
amok. International Higher Education, (23).

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The article consists of the fact that the higher education is the utmost important aspect in the
global world. The world trade organization considers higher education as an important aspect.
It is considered as an important aspect to progress in the industrial world and to make
progress in the advanced world. This can be said as an initiative taken by the world trade
organizations. This initiative has been appreciated by many organizations and many
institutions. The higher studies are considered to be the global trend. The society can progress
only if it attains higher education.
8. Karp, D.A., Stone, G.P., Yoels, W.C. and Dempsey, N.P., 2015. Being Urban: A
Sociology of City Life: A Sociology of City Life. ABC-CLIO.
The book reveals the family life that existed in the urban area. In the sociological context
family are of two types. The one type includes the nuclear and the other includes the joined.
In the urban area nuclear family is commonly found. There is broad area of the discussion of
the classical observation of the urban family that includes the rediscovery of the community,
the social organization of the everyday city life and the women in the cities. The social
institutions that composed a major part of the urban society are the power, politics, sports,
and the arts in the city. Global thinking was the major ingredient of this. The concept of
family was seen from a global perspective.
9. Parker, M., 2015. Between sociology and the business school: critical studies of work,
employment and organization in the UK. The Sociological Review, 63(1), pp.162-180.
The paper comments and analyzes the situation when one form of the knowledge transfers to
another part of the university. The relationship between the sociology of work and the
employment and the organization and the value of the same has been analysed in the paper.
The movement of sociologists and industrial relations academics to the business school
provided the preconditions for two very different critical traditions. The paper concludes with

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thoughts on what it means to be an outsider inside an institution, and on the future prospects
for Burawoy's ‘critical’ or ‘public’ sociologies in UK business schools.
10. Beeghley, L., 2015. Structure of social stratification in the United States. Routledge.
The book contains the system of social stratification in the United States. The social
stratification in the US consist of the racial discrimination and the class distinction. It has a
huge difference in the social class and the structure of the same. It recalls the event of civil
rights and the discrimination suffered by an individual in the public sphere as well as by the
organizations. The problems faced by the blacks that were majorly social and the issues of
poverty are highlighted in the book.

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Bibliography
Altbach, P., 2015. Higher education and the WTO: Globalization run amok. International
Higher Education, (23).
Beeghley, L., 2015. Structure of social stratification in the United States. Routledge.
Bradley, H., 2015. Fractured identities: Changing patterns of inequality. John Wiley & Sons.
Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, C. eds., 2017. Victims, Crime and Society: An Introduction.
Sage.
Downes, D., Rock, P. and McLaughlin, E., 2016. Understanding deviance: a guide to the
sociology of crime and rule-breaking. Oxford University Press.
Jodhka, S.S., 2016. Ascriptive hierarchies: Caste and its reproduction in contemporary
India. Current Sociology, 64(2), pp.228-243.
Karp, D.A., Stone, G.P., Yoels, W.C. and Dempsey, N.P., 2015. Being Urban: A Sociology of
City Life: A Sociology of City Life. ABC-CLIO.
Lash, S., 2014. Sociology of postmodernism. Routledge.
Meer, N. and Nayak, A., 2015. Race ends where? Race, racism and contemporary
sociology. Sociology, 49(6), pp.NP3-NP20.
Parker, M., 2015. Between sociology and the business school: critical studies of work,
employment and organization in the UK. The Sociological Review, 63(1), pp.162-180.
Peck, S.C., Brodish, A.B., Malanchuk, O., Banerjee, M. and Eccles, J.S., 2014. Racial/ethnic
socialization and identity development in Black families: The role of parent and youth
reports. Developmental psychology, 50(7), p.1897.

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Roth, S. and Dashper, K., 2016. Sociology in the 1980s: the rise of gender (and
intersectionality). Sociology, 50(6), pp.NP1-NP12.