Format:
1 Online-Ressource (liii, 359 pages)
ISBN:
9781440865152
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The History of Inequality in America -- Causes and Consequences of Inequality -- Section I: Economic Inequality -- Immigration -- Intergenerational Mobility -- Labor Markets -- Monopolization and Rent Seeking -- Technological Change -- Wealth Inequality -- Workplace Discrimination -- Section II: Educational Services -- Early Childhood Education -- Higher Education -- Section III: Health and Health Care -- Access to Health Care -- Economic Status and Health -- Substance Abuse -- Section IV: Housing and Communities -- Food Deserts -- Housing and Neighborhoods -- Section V: Family Life and Inequality -- Marriage, Cohabitation, and Divorce -- Parenting Styles -- Section VI: Environment -- Environmental Justice -- Section VII: Justice System -- Civil Justice -- Criminal Justice -- Section VIII: Consumer Issues -- Consumer Credit and Payday Loans -- Financial Education -- Section IX: Public Policy -- Cash Assistance to the Poor -- Children and Family Policy -- Community Development Programs -- Education Reform Policies -- Food and Nutrition Programs -- Health Insurance -- Housing Inequality -- Regulation of Labor Markets -- Taxes -- Section X: The Future of Inequality -- Is Inequality a Threat to Democracy -- The Future of Inequality in America -- Editors and Contributors -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781440865145
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Inequality in America Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2021 ISBN 9781440865145
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Soziale Ungleichheit
