Social inequality in a global age. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Scott R. Sernau.
• Authors: Sernau, Scott
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I. ROOTS OF INEQUALITY; Chapter 1. The Gordian Knot of Race, Class, and Gender; Dimensions of an Unequal World; Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States; The Development of Inequality: Race, Class, and Gender Across Societies; A Social Network Understanding of Inequality; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Chapter 2. The Great Debate; The Historical Debate; The Sociological Debate; Reframing the Debate; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Chapter 3. The Global Divide: Inequality Across Societies; Worlds Coming Apart and Coming Together; The Double Divide; The Global Debate; Globalization: The Ties That Bind; Immigration: Seeking to Cross the Divide; The Market Paradox; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Making a Difference; Fair Trade; Photo Essay: Honduras; PART II. DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITY; Chapter 4. Class Privilege; Wealth and Property; Occupation; Income; Class Structure; Growing Inequality; Death and Taxes: Redirecting Wealth and Income; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Chapter 5. Racial and Ethnic Inequality; A Debt Unpaid: Internal Colonialism; Middleman Minorities and Ethnic Solidarity; The Analytic Debate: Cultures and Structures of Poverty; Colorful Language; The Color of Justice; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Making a Difference; Photo Essay: Navajoland; Chapter 6. Gender and Sexual Inequality; When Men Were Men; From Glass Slippers to Glass Ceilings; Work and Family: The Double Burden and the Second Shift; Gender and Class Around the World; Changing Norms on Gender and Sexuality; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; In the Media; Making a Difference; Chapter 7. Status Prestige; The Quest for Honor; Socialization: Acquiring Marks of Distinction; Association: Whom You Know; Lifestyles of the Rich and the Destitute; Tastes in Transition; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Chapter 8. Power and Politics; People Power and Powerful People; Who Rules? The Power Elite Debate; Changing the Rules: Campaign Finance Reform; Global Power: Who Really Rules?; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; PART III. CHALLENGES OF INEQUALITY; Chapter 9. Moving Up: Education and Mobility; Getting Ahead; Education: Opening Doors, Opening Minds; No Child Left Behind; Ladders With Broken Rungs; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Making a Difference; Chapter 10. Abandoned Spaces, Forgotten Places: Poverty and Place; Urban Poverty: Abandoned Spaces; The Making and Unmaking of the Postindustrial City; Brain-Gain and Brain-Drain Cities; Suburban Poverty: The Urban Fringe; Rural Poverty: Forgotten Places; Poverty in the Global Ghetto; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Making a Difference; Photo Essay: Deindustrialization and Revival; Chapter 11. Reversing the Race to the Bottom: Poverty and Policy; From Welfare to Work; The Challenge of the Margins: Antipoverty Programs; Extreme Poverty: Homelessness and Hunger; Poverty Programs Among Advanced Industrial Nations; The Private World of Poverty; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Making a Difference; Chapter 12. Challenging the System: Social Movements in a Global Age; The Enduring Struggle: The Labor Movement; Gender and Power: The Women’s Movement; Gay Rights: Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Equal Access; Race and Power: The Civil Rights Movement; The Happiest Places on Earth; One World After All; Key Points; For Review and Discussion; Making Connections; Making a Difference; Glossary; References; Index; About the Author;
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305; Social stratification; Equality
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544309293
• Related ISBNs: 9781544309316
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