ISBN:
9781000007350
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (425 pages)
Edition:
10th ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.0973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality -- Thinking about Social Inequality -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Organization of the Book -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Web Connections -- Part 1: Extent and Forms of Social Inequality -- Chapter 2 Class, Income, and Wealth -- The Everyday Reality of Class -- Two Views of the U.S. Class Structure -- Emerging Issues in the Shaping of the U.S. Class Structure -- Income and Wealth Inequality in the United States -- U.S. Mobility Over Time -- The Global Context and the Impact of Globalization -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Web Connections -- Film Suggestions -- Chapter 3 Poverty and Welfare -- Historical Roots of U.S. Perspectives on Poverty -- Cultural Values and the Poor -- Myths About the Poor -- Who Are the Poor? -- Current Poverty Programs -- Welfare Since the Reform Act of 1996 -- Perceptions of People on Welfare -- U.S. Poverty and Welfare in Comparative Perspective -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Web Connections -- Film Suggestions -- Chapter 4 Status Inequality -- The Theory of Social Status -- Spheres of Status in the United States -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Web Connections -- Film Suggestions -- Chapter 5 Power -- Portraits of National Power Structure -- Distribution of Political Power -- Interlinkage of Economic and Political Power -- Ruling-Class Unity -- Power Inequality in the Work Experience -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Web Connections -- Film Suggestions -- Part 2: Causes of Inequality -- Chapter 6 Classical Explanations of Inequality -- Karl Marx (1818-1883) -- Max Weber (1864-1920) -- Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) -- W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) -- Critical Thinking -- Web Connections -- Film Suggestions.
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URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5813431
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