The book covers the research on economic inequality, including the social construction of racial categories, the uneven and stalled gender revolution, and the role of new educational forms and institutions in generating both equality and inequality.
In Open Wounds: The Long View of Race in America, historian William Evans indicated that “the imprint of slavery on the nation is still visible” (Evans 2009, 1). In other words social reproduction still unfolds along racial lines.
This book distills out of the rich vein of sociological research some of what is known about the structure of stratification in the United States. It emphasizes the importance of power for understanding the structure of stratification.
A brief, but comprehensive text, ideal as a core text or supplement in both undergraduate and graduate courses. Foundations of Modern Sociology Series.
Updated and highly accessible, the fourth edition of Social Stratification provides refreshing take on existing theories, incorporates the latest data, and lends new perspectives to classic debates.
All the papers in the first volume of Sociological Studies are centred round the theme of social stratification.
Volume 20 of "Research in Social Stratification and Mobility" continues to remain at the forefront of the diverse group of social scientists who study social inequality and is now the official publication of the Social Stratification ...
Social Stratification and Inequality: Class Conflict in the United States
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This much-anticipated update of the eye-opening' (Chicago Tribune) presentation of American society, drawn from the 2012 Current Population Survey of the U.S. Census, will be an essential resource and a touchstone for the current debates ...
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