The structure of social stratification in the United States

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The structure of social stratification in the United States

Leonard Beeghley

Allyn and Bacon, c1996

2nd ed

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Bibliography: p. 305-319

Includes index

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List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Sociology and the Study of Stratification. Theoretical Perspectives on Stratification. Karl Marx Max Weber Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore Ralf Dahrendorf Gerhard Lenski A Middle Range Analysis Of Stratification. Power and Stratification Social Structure and Stratification Social Psychology and Stratification A Model of the Stratification Structure. Occupation and Stratification Source of Income and Stratification 2. Prestige and Class. Occupational Prestige. Occupational prestige in the United States Two empirical generalizations Class Identification. Patterns of class identification The meaning of class identification A note on employed married women 3. Social Mobility and Status Attainment. Social Mobility. Social mobility in the United States Social mobility in other nations Social Structure and mobility. The reproduction of the class structure The long-term pattern of mobility Status Attainment. Status attainment in the United States Status attainment in other nations The Individual and Status Attainment. Family background and status attainment Educational experience and status attainment 4. Poor People. Dimensions of Poverty. Poverty in the United States Poverty in other nations The measurement of poverty Are the poor really poor? Public Assistance and Poverty. Characteristics of public assistance programs The paradox of public assistance The benefits of poverty The Individual and Poverty. Personal experiences Personal characteristics Social Structure and Poverty. The long-term fall in the poverty rate The U.S. poverty rate today Concluding Comments. 5. Working Class People. Social Class and Occupation. Working class and middle class occupations Occupational and setting and the embourgeoisement hypothesis Income and Job Security among Blue Collar Workers. Social class and income Social class and job security The human consequences of unemployment Social Class and Lifestyle. Social class and housing Concluding comments on the embourgeoisement hypothesis 6. Middle Class People. Social Class and Occupation. Middle class and working class occupations Social class and job perquisites Power and job perquisites Income Inequality and Income Transfers. Social class and income Recent trends in income inequality Tax expenditures and income inequality Power and income inequality Social Class and Lifestyle. 7. Rich People. The Characteristics of the Rich. Counting the rich The basis of great wealth Top wealthholders The Historical Trend in the Distribution of Wealth. The Kuznets hypothesis The colonial period The nineteenth century The twentieth century The trend since 1980 The Origin and Expansion of Wealth. Power and Wealth Inequality. Social Class and Lifestyle. 8. Political Participation and Power. Types of Participation. Voting Partisanship Unruliness The Rate of Voting. Voting in the United States Voting in other nations The Role of Money in Elections. The cost of winning Money and reelection Where does the money come from? Two examples Social Structure and Political Participation. The structure of voting The sources of partisanship by the rich Taking advantage of access Some Comments on Participation and Power. 9. Gender Inequality. Dimensions of Gender Inequality. Gender inequality in the United States Gender inequality in other nations Some Consequences of Gender Inequality. Authority and gender Victimization and gender The Individual and Gender Inequality. Womens self-limiting choices Discrimination against women Social structure and Gender Inequality. The perpetuation of gender inequality The decline of gender inequality 10. Racial and Ethnic Inequality. Dimensions of Racial and Ethnic Inequality. Racial and ethnic inequality in the United States Racial and ethnic inequality in other nations Some Consequences of Racial and Ethnic Inequality. The Individual and Racial and Ethnic Inequality. Public place discrimination Organizational discrimination Social Structure and Racial and Ethnic Inequality. Historical variations in racial and ethnic group mobility Racial and ethnic inequality today 11. Reflections on the Study of Stratification. Objectivity in the Study of Stratification. Research Methods in the Study of Stratification. Paradox in the Study of Stratification. Glossary. References. Index.

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