Inequality : a contemporary approach to race, class and gender
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Inequality : a contemporary approach to race, class and gender
Cambridge University Press, c2022
2nd edition
- : Hardback
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Previous edition: 2012
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender offers a comprehensive introduction to the topics animating current sociological research focused on inequality. Contemporary, engaging, and research-oriented, it is the ideal text to help undergraduate students master the basic concepts in inequality research and gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which race, class, and gender interact with systems of social stratification. Following an introduction to theories and research methods used in the field, the authors apply these concepts to areas that define inequality research, including social mobility, education, gender, race, and culture. The authors include up-to-date quantitative evidence throughout. The text concludes by examining policies that have facilitated inequality and reviewing the social movements that in turn seek to reshape those structures. Though primarily focused on the United States, it includes a chapter on stratification across the globe and draws on cross-national comparisons throughout.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Basic Concepts: 1. Inequality and opportunities
- 2. Explaining inequality
- 3. Understanding inequality
- 4. The structure of inequality and social class
- Part II. Applications: 5. The upper class and the elite
- 6. The middle class and workers
- 7. Poverty
- 8. Social mobility
- 9. Education and inequality
- 10. Gender inequality
- 11. Race and ethnicity
- 12. Culture
- 13. Inequality across the globe
- 14. Public policy and social change
- Index.
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