ISBN:
9780742546325
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (290 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Class and Stratification : Classic Statements and Theoretical Debates
DDC:
305.50973
Keywords:
Equality
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Social classes ; United States
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Social classes in literature
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Social classes
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Social structure ; United States
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United States ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Bringing together the classic statements on social stratification, this collection offers the most significant contributions to ongoing debates on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Classical Perspectives on Social Class; 1 Manifesto of the Communist Party Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; 2 On Classes Karl Marx; 3 Class, Status, Party Max Weber; Related Readings; Part II: American Stratification Theory; 4 What Social Class Is in America W. Lloyd Warner, Marchia Meeker, and Kenneth Eells; 5 Some Principles of Stratification Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore; 6 Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis Melvin M. Tumin; Related Readings
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III: Neo-Marxian and Neo-Weberian Perspectives on Social Class7 Marxism and Class Theory: A Bourgeois Critique Frank Parkin; 8 Class Analysis Erik Olin Wright; Related Readings; Part IV: Non-Class Forms of Inequality: Statements on Gender and Racial Stratification; 9 Women and Social Stratification: A Case of Intellectual Sexism Joan Acker; 10 Capitalism, Patriarchy, and the Subordination of Women Heidi Hartmann; 11 Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thomton Dill; 12 Double-Consciousness and the Veil W. E. B. Du Bois; 13 Race and Class Oliver Cox
Description / Table of Contents:
14 The Declining Significance of Race: From Racial Oppression to Economic Class Subordination William Julius Wilson15 Racial Formation Michael Omi and Howard Winant; 16 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection Patricia Hill Collins; Related Readings; Conclusion; Index; About the Editor
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
