The new class society : goodbye American dream?
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The new class society : goodbye American dream?
Rowman & Littlefield, c2008
3rd ed
- : cloth : alk. paper
- : pbk. : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-441) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores how class-based resources and interests embedded in large organizations are linked to powerful structures and processes which in turn are rapidly polarizing the U.S. into a highly unequal, 'double diamond' class structure. The authors show how and why American class membership in the 21st century is based on an organizationally-based distribution of critical resources including income, investment capital, credentialed skills verified by elite schools, and social connections to organizational leaders.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Class in America Chapter 2 Separate Realities: The Dream and the Iceberg 3 The Global Economy and the Privileged Class 4 The Invisible Class Empire 5 The Information Industry 6 Educating for Privilege: Dreaming, Streaming, and Creaming 7 The Pacification of Everyday Life 8 Class in the Twenty-first Century: Consolidation and Resistance
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