Social Inequality
Forms, Causes, and Consequences
4th Edition
Published on 30. April 2001
Book
Hardback
436 pages
978-0-205-31949-7 (ISBN)
Description
Seeks to sensitize students to core issues of inequality, and encourages discussion by presenting a multidimensional view.
Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences, Fourth Edition, conveys to students a complex and up-to-date view of social inequality in the United States in a way that informs, draws them in, and encourages them to look at the inequality surrounding them. The book is based on the assumptions that social inequality is multidimensional and that in order to deal with inequality and its consequences we need to understand the explanations for it. Taking a historical and social structural approach, the author simply but compellingly gives a sense of the pervasiveness of social inequality and how it affects us all.
Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences, Fourth Edition, conveys to students a complex and up-to-date view of social inequality in the United States in a way that informs, draws them in, and encourages them to look at the inequality surrounding them. The book is based on the assumptions that social inequality is multidimensional and that in order to deal with inequality and its consequences we need to understand the explanations for it. Taking a historical and social structural approach, the author simply but compellingly gives a sense of the pervasiveness of social inequality and how it affects us all.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-205-31949-7 (9780205319497)
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Content
All chapters conclude with "Summary," "Critical Thinking," and "Web Connections."
Preface.
1.An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality.
Some Controversial Issues of Substance.
Issues of Methodology.
Organization of the Book.
I.FORMS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
2.Economic Inequality.
Technology and the Shaping of the U.S. Class Structure.
Structure of the U.S. Class System.
Income Inequality.
Is the Middle Class Shrinking?
Wealth Inequality in the United States.
3.Status Inequality.
The Theory of Social Status.
Bases of Status in the United States.
4.Sex and Gender Inequality.
The Status of Women in the Early United States.
Present Occupational and Economic Conditions for Women.
Microinequities in the Treatment of Women.
General Theories of Sex and Gender Inequality.
5.Sexual Orientation and Inequality.
The Complexity of Sexuality and Gender.
Public Opinions on Homosexuality.
Homosexuals as a Status Group.
A Socioeconomic Profile of Homosexuals.
Negative Consequences of Stigmatization.
6.Racial and Ethnic Inequality.
Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in the United States: A Brief History.
Racial Inequality Today.
Microinequities in the Treatment of Racial and Ethnic Minorities.
The Intersection of Class, Race, Sex, and Gender.
Theories of Racial and Ethnic Inequality.
7.Political Inequality.
Portraits of National Power Structure.
Distribution of Political Power.
Interlinkage of Economic and Political Power.
Ruling-Class Unity.
8.U.S. Inequality in Comparative Perspective.
Differences in Quality of Life.
Economic Inequality.
Gender Inequality.
Racial/Ethnic Inequality.
II.GENERAL EXPLANATIONS OF INEQUALITY.
9.Classical Explanations of Inequality.
Karl Marx (1818-1883).
Max Weber (1864-1920).
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917).
10.Modern Explanations of Inequality.
Functional Theory of Stratification.
Social Reproduction Theory.
Gerhard Lenski's Synthesis.
Labor-Market Theories of Income and Earnings Distribution.
III. CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
11.The Impact of Inequality on Personal Life Chances.
Basic Life Chances: Physical Health.
Health-Care Costs and Inequality.
Basic Life Chances: Psychological Health.
Basic Life Chances: Food and Shelter.
Family Relationships and Violence.
12.Crime, Protest, and Inequality.
Inequality and Crime.
Inequality and Collective Unrest.
Explanations of Collective Protest.
IV.STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
13.Trends in Mobility and Status Attainment: Openness in U.S. Society.
Questions Concerning Openness.
Study of Mobility.
Comparative Studies of Mobility.
U.S. Mobility over Time.
Status Attainment: What Determines How Far One Goes?
Mobility and Attainment Process among African-Americans.
Patterns of Mobility and Attainment among Women.
Some Observations on Studies of Status Attainment.
14.Justice and Legitimacy: Assessments of the Structure of Inequality.
U.S. Attitudes about the Distribution of Income and Wealth.
What Is a Just Distribution?
Bases for the Legitimization of Structured Inequality.
15. Social Inequality and Social Movements.
The Early Labor Movement.
The Civil Rights Movement.
The Women's Movement.
Inequality, Context, and Social Movements: A Synthesis.
16.Addressing Inequality and Poverty: Programs and Reform.
Addressing the Problem of Inequality.
The Conundrum of Defining Poverty.
Levels of and Trends in Poverty.
Perceptions of the Poor.
Poverty Programs.
Flaws in Recent Programs.
Reform in Public Assistance.
Suggestions for Reducing Inequality.
Glossary of Basic Terms.
References.
Index.
Preface.
1.An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality.
Some Controversial Issues of Substance.
Issues of Methodology.
Organization of the Book.
I.FORMS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
2.Economic Inequality.
Technology and the Shaping of the U.S. Class Structure.
Structure of the U.S. Class System.
Income Inequality.
Is the Middle Class Shrinking?
Wealth Inequality in the United States.
3.Status Inequality.
The Theory of Social Status.
Bases of Status in the United States.
4.Sex and Gender Inequality.
The Status of Women in the Early United States.
Present Occupational and Economic Conditions for Women.
Microinequities in the Treatment of Women.
General Theories of Sex and Gender Inequality.
5.Sexual Orientation and Inequality.
The Complexity of Sexuality and Gender.
Public Opinions on Homosexuality.
Homosexuals as a Status Group.
A Socioeconomic Profile of Homosexuals.
Negative Consequences of Stigmatization.
6.Racial and Ethnic Inequality.
Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in the United States: A Brief History.
Racial Inequality Today.
Microinequities in the Treatment of Racial and Ethnic Minorities.
The Intersection of Class, Race, Sex, and Gender.
Theories of Racial and Ethnic Inequality.
7.Political Inequality.
Portraits of National Power Structure.
Distribution of Political Power.
Interlinkage of Economic and Political Power.
Ruling-Class Unity.
8.U.S. Inequality in Comparative Perspective.
Differences in Quality of Life.
Economic Inequality.
Gender Inequality.
Racial/Ethnic Inequality.
II.GENERAL EXPLANATIONS OF INEQUALITY.
9.Classical Explanations of Inequality.
Karl Marx (1818-1883).
Max Weber (1864-1920).
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917).
10.Modern Explanations of Inequality.
Functional Theory of Stratification.
Social Reproduction Theory.
Gerhard Lenski's Synthesis.
Labor-Market Theories of Income and Earnings Distribution.
III. CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
11.The Impact of Inequality on Personal Life Chances.
Basic Life Chances: Physical Health.
Health-Care Costs and Inequality.
Basic Life Chances: Psychological Health.
Basic Life Chances: Food and Shelter.
Family Relationships and Violence.
12.Crime, Protest, and Inequality.
Inequality and Crime.
Inequality and Collective Unrest.
Explanations of Collective Protest.
IV.STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
13.Trends in Mobility and Status Attainment: Openness in U.S. Society.
Questions Concerning Openness.
Study of Mobility.
Comparative Studies of Mobility.
U.S. Mobility over Time.
Status Attainment: What Determines How Far One Goes?
Mobility and Attainment Process among African-Americans.
Patterns of Mobility and Attainment among Women.
Some Observations on Studies of Status Attainment.
14.Justice and Legitimacy: Assessments of the Structure of Inequality.
U.S. Attitudes about the Distribution of Income and Wealth.
What Is a Just Distribution?
Bases for the Legitimization of Structured Inequality.
15. Social Inequality and Social Movements.
The Early Labor Movement.
The Civil Rights Movement.
The Women's Movement.
Inequality, Context, and Social Movements: A Synthesis.
16.Addressing Inequality and Poverty: Programs and Reform.
Addressing the Problem of Inequality.
The Conundrum of Defining Poverty.
Levels of and Trends in Poverty.
Perceptions of the Poor.
Poverty Programs.
Flaws in Recent Programs.
Reform in Public Assistance.
Suggestions for Reducing Inequality.
Glossary of Basic Terms.
References.
Index.