Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, And Consequences - Brossura

Hurst, Charles E.

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ISBN 10: 0205484360 ISBN 13: 9780205484362

Casa editrice: Taylor & Francis, 2006

Riassunto

A user-friendly introduction to social inequality

This text is a broad introduction to the many types of inequality– economics, status, political power, sex and gender, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity– in U.S. society and in a global setting.

The author provides a wide range of explanations for inequality and, using the latest research on the multiple impacts of inequality, surveys in detail the personal and social consequences of social inequality.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

• Understand that inequality is multidimensional
• Understand that it is essential to understand the explanations of the various forms of inequality in order to further a resolution to any inequality’s undesirable consequences
• Understand the discussion of inequality in its broader, historical cultural and international context

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Su questo libro

Dalla quarta di copertina

Social Inequality is all around us, and its impact on our lives and the social structure of the United States is unmistakable. Changes brought about by technology and globalization have affected international inequality and the socioeconomic position of the Unites States in the world. It is unavoidable that these world-wide changes now occurring will affect all of us.

 

The sixth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences is intended as a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. My goal is to convey as simply, but as compellingly as I can, a sense of the pervasiveness and extensiveness of social inequality in the United States within a comparative context, to show how inequality can be explained, how it affects all of us, and what is being done about it.

                                                                        Charles E. Hurst

Product Description

Book by Hurst Charles E

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Taylor & Francis
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0205484360
• ISBN 13: 9780205484362
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 452
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile