The Problem of Equality in Politics, Culture, and Society

FAIN: FS-10164-75

Regents of the University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA 92093-0013)
Joseph R. Gusfield (Project Director: January 1975 to present)

S This seminar will use materials from the social sciences, history and philosophy to examine the relative claims and merit of principles of equality versus principles of elitism in areas of culture, politics, education and social stratification. In other words, the aim is to understand and describe trends and movements toward and away from equalitarian objectives.