The Matrix of Race : Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality /: Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rodney D. Coates, Abby L. Ferber, David L. Brunsma.
• Authors: Coates, Rodney D; Ferber, Abby L; Dr, Brunsma, David L
• Contents: PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PART I. INTRODUCTION TO RACE AND THE SOCIAL MATRIX; Chapter 1. Race and the Social Construction of Difference; The Social Construction of Race; The Social Matrix of Race; The Operation of Racism; Our Stories; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 2. The Shaping of a Nation: The Social Construction of Race in America; Race Today: Adapting and Evolving; Indigenous Peoples: The Americas before Columbus; Discovery and Encounters: The Shaping of Our Storied Past; The U.S. Matrix and Intersectionality— Where Do We Go from Here?; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; PART II. THE MATRIX PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 3. The Social Construction and Regulation of Families; Historical Regulation of the Family; Family Inequality Theories; Family Inequality through the Matrix Lens; Transforming the Ideal Family Narrative; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 4. Work and Wealth Inequality; Recent Trends in Work and Wealth; Theories of Economic Inequality; Applying the Matrix to the History of Economic Inequality in the United States; Transforming the Story of Race and Economic Inequality; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 5. Health, Medicine, and Health Care; Patterns of Inequality in Health and Health Care; Theorizing Inequality in Health and Health Care; Applying the Matrix to Health Inequity and Inequality; Resisting and Transforming Inequality in Health and Health Care; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 6. Education; The Shaping of the Matrix of U.S. Education; Theories of Education; Examining the Concealed Story of Race and Education through the Matrix; Alternative Educational Movements and the Future of Education; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 7. Crime, Law, and Deviance; A History of Race, Crime, and Punishment; Sociological Stock Theories of Crime and Deviance; Applying the Matrix to Crime and Deviance; Transforming the Narrative of Race, Crime, and Deviance; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 8. Power, Politics, and Identities; Contemporary Political Identities; Critiquing Sociological Theories of Power, Politics, and Identity; Applying the Matrix of Race to U.S. Political History; Building Alternatives to the Matrix of Race and Politics; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 9. Sports and the American Dream; The State of Sport Today; Examining Stock Sociological Theories of Sport; Applying the Matrix to Sports in the United States; Creating a New Playing Field; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Chapter 10. The Military, War, and Terrorism; Class, Gender, and Race in the U.S. Military; Military Sociology Stock Theories; Applying the Matrix Approach to U.S. Military History, War, and Terrorism; A More Inclusive Future; Key Terms; Chapter Summary; Conclusion; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483321301; 1483321304
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