Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes

Marger,Martin; Marger, Martin

ISBN 10: 0072880414 / ISBN 13: 9780072880410

Editore: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2004

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Titolo: Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Data di pubblicazione: 2004

Legatura: paperback

Condizione: Good

Edizione: 3rd Edition.

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Riassunto:

This text provides an introduction to key concepts, current research findings, and theories in social inequality. While focusing on social class and theories, it also deals broadly with other forms of social inequality, including racial/ethnic, gender, and political. In dealing with the various dimensions of inequality, the book explains how they overlap and interrelate.

Contenuti:

Preface

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality

Chapter 2: Theories of Class and Social Inequality

Chapter 3: The American Class System

Chapter 4: Poverty and the Poor

Chapter 5: The Middle Classes and the Changing Economy

Chapter 6: The Upper Class and the Power Elite

Chapter 7: Stratification Systems and Social Mobility

Chapter 8: Public Policy and the Class System

Chapter 9: Racial/Ethnic Differentiation

Chapter 10: Racial/Ethnic Stratification

Chapter 11: Gender Inequality

Chapter 12: Political Inequality

Chapter 13: Ideology and the Legitimation of Inequality

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Index