Social stratification and inequality : class conflict in historical, comparative, and global perspective
Provides a comprehensive exploration of the economic and social divisions in human societies
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill ,
c2012
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| Edition: | 8th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Perspectives and concepts in the study of social stratification
- 2. Dimensions of inequality in the United States
- 3. Social stratification in human societies: the history of inequality
- 4. Social stratification theory: early statements
- 5. Modern theories of social stratification
- 6. The upper class
- 7. The corporate class
- 8. The middle and working classes
- 9. Poverty and the political economy of welfare
- 10. Gender stratification and inequalities: the persistence of ascription
- 11. Inequalities of race and ethnicity: the persistence of ascription
- 12. Social mobility: class ascription and achievement
- 13. The process of legitimation
- 14. The world stratification system: dominance and competition among core nations
- 15. Social stratification in Japan and Germany: contrasting forms of political-economy
- 16. World stratification and globalization: the poor of this earth