Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U S Society

• Author : Christopher Doob
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2015-08-27
• ISBN : 9781317344209

Social Inequality – examining our present while understanding our past. Social Inequality and Social Statification in US Society, 1st edition uses a historical and conceptual framework to explain social stratification and social inequality. The historical scope gives context to each issue discussed and allows the reader to understand how each topic has evolved over the course of American history. The authors use qualitative data to help explain socioeconomic issues and connect related topics. Each chapter examines major concepts, so readers can

• Author : Wendy (University of Southampton Bottero, UK),Wendy Bottero
• Publisher : Psychology Press
• Release Date : 2005
• ISBN : 0415281784

This book offers an exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, looking at how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends, consumption items and lifestyle) are influenced by hierarchy and social difference.

• Author : Harold Kerbo
• Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Release Date : 2008-03-10
• ISBN : 0073380075

Praised for its thorough research and scholarship, Social Stratification and Inequality provides a comprehensive, up-to-date exploration of the global economic and social divisions in human societies. While the book is grounded in the nature of social stratification in the United States, this edition maintains a commitment to keeping a global perspective. Comparative information on the United States and other countries and an overview of changes in social stratification, gives readers a global perspective on class conflict.

• Author : Carol S. Aneshensel,Jo C. Phelan
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release Date : 2006-11-22
• ISBN : 9780387362236

This handbook describes ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members, and shapes the lives of those who have been identified as mentally ill. The text explores the social conditions that lead to behaviors defined as mental illness, and the ways in which the concept of mental illness is socially constructed around those behaviors. The book also reviews research that examines socially conditioned responses to mental illness on the part of individuals and institutions, and ways in

• Author : Harold R. Kerbo
• Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
• Release Date : 1996
• ISBN : STANFORD:36105023138188

This text provides coverage of research and theory relating to social stratification in the US and selected international societies. It adopts general conflict principles as its theoretical orientation, and focuses on the development and maintenance of the structure of inequality. This edition has been updated to include data from the 1990 census and features examples, figures and tables. A new chapter on race, ethnicity and gender focuses on important issues of inequality. There are also new chapters on Germany and on

• Author : Robert A. Rothman
• Publisher : Prentice Hall
• Release Date : 2005
• ISBN : 0131849689

Using a concise and easy-to-understand style, this guide provides an integrated approach to the implications of social class, race and ethnicity, and gender—explaining how each relates to economic, social, and political inequality. Its straightforward perspective views the considerations of race and gender as central to a full appreciation of the composition and dynamics of class systems. A significant and effective organization incorporates fresh conceptualizations, new research findings, and census data, with the fundamentals of social stratification. Five-part organization:Part

• Author : D. Stanley Eitzen,Janis E Johnston
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2015-12-03
• ISBN : 9781317257585

This book offers an up-to-date portrait of the realities of social class and its consequences in the United States today, focusing on the increasing inequality gap; the shrinking middle class; the myth and realities of social mobility; the consequences of class for work, health care, education, the justice system, war, and the environment; and progressive solutions for reducing inequality and improving human life.

• Author : Alan Frizzell,Jon H. Pammett
• Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
• Release Date : 1996-05-15
• ISBN : 9780886292799

"Social Inequality in Canada brings a comparative perspective to the question of the uniqueness of Canadian society. Do Canadians believe they can succeed on the basis of their own abilities? And how do they compare with Americans, Germans, Italians, Australians and Russians? There is much debate as to how Canadians differ from or resemble citizens of other countries, particularly the United States. Is it true that we are more tolerant and deferential than our southern neighbours, or more accepting of

• Author : Lisa A. Keister,Darby E. Southgate
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release Date : 2021-12-31
• ISBN : 9781108832205

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of inequality, covering key topics such as race, class and gender.

• Author : Ron Thompson
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2019-02-25
• ISBN : 9781351393768

Education, Inequality and Social Class provides a comprehensive discussion of the empirical evidence for persistent inequality in educational attainment. It explores the most important theoretical perspectives that have been developed to understand class-based inequality and frame further research. With clear explanations of essential concepts, this book draws on empirical data from the UK and other countries to illustrate the nature and scale of inequalities according to social background, discussing the interactions of class-based inequalities with those according to race and

• Author : Kevin T Leicht
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2005-06-04
• ISBN : 0080460585

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility continues its tradition of publishing the best and most innovative research on the changing landscape of social inequality the world over. This issue focuses on different dimensions of social closure and their relationship to social inequality processes, including the changing role that education plays in sorting people into favorable and unfavorable labor market positions across a global diversity of cultural settings. This issue also examines the fluid boundaries of race and ethnicity in contentious

• Author : Louise Warwick-Booth
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release Date : 2013-08-13
• ISBN : 9781446293119

"What makes this book stand out for me is that, as well as being theoretically informed and clearly written, its structure lends itself unmistakeably to teaching... If our aim is to teach truly engaged students, it should be our job to provide truly engaging materials. This is what you will find with this particular book. It will help to inform your disciplinary teaching of social inequality across the social sciences and it will provide a solid basis for your seminar

• Author : Harold R. Kerbo
• Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
• Release Date : 1996
• ISBN : STANFORD:36105023649051

This text provides coverage of research and theory relating to social stratification in the US and selected international societies. It adopts general conflict principles as its theoretical orientation, and focuses on the development and maintenance of the structure of inequality. This edition has been updated to include data from the 1990 census and features examples, figures and tables. A new chapter on race, ethnicity and gender focuses on important issues of inequality. There are also new chapters on Germany and on

• Author : Kasturi DasGupta
• Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
• Release Date : 2015
• ISBN : 1626371830

Does everyone in the US have an equal chance to ¿make it¿? What explains the enduring power of racism and sexism? How does our sociopolitical system generate inequality? These are just a few of the questions explored in this accessible introduction to the complex problem of social stratification. Kasturi DasGupta clearly explains the social and economic mechanisms that serve to preserve and even deepen social stratification in the US. Enriched with case studies and examples throughout, her text is carefully

• Author : Lee Ellis
• Publisher : Praeger Pub Text
• Release Date : 1993
• ISBN : STANFORD:36105009595435

...second of a two volume work on biosocial approaches to social stratification and human inequality.