How Societies Work: Class, Power, and Change in a Canadian Context
- ISBN-10
- 0772528217
- ISBN-13
- 9780772528216
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 364
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Irwin Publishing
- Author
- Joanne Naiman
Description
" ... Structure of capitalism, the nature and history of social class, and the role of the state [government]. Attention is also paid to social inequality in Canadian society as manifest in income, race, ethnicity, and gender, as well as to the ways in which the agents of socialization -- particularly the mass media and the education system -- help perpetuate the dominant ideologies."--Back cover.
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