ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|16 pages
The Functions and Dysfunctions of Inequality
part 2|81 pages
Inequality in Comparative Perspective
part |15 pages
Cross-Societal Differences
part |65 pages
Trends in Economic Inequality
chapter 11|13 pages
Winner-Take-All Politics
part 3|149 pages
The Structure of Inequality
part |38 pages
Marxian Theories of Class
part |52 pages
Weberian Theories of Class
chapter 21|15 pages
Is There a Status Order in Contemporary British Society?
part |16 pages
Durkheimian Theories of Class
part |18 pages
Classic Gradationalism
part |23 pages
The New Gradationalism?
part 4|53 pages
The Ruling Class, Elites, and the Upper Class
part |21 pages
Classic Statements
part |31 pages
Contemporary Statements
part 5|112 pages
Poverty and the Underclass
part |17 pages
The Experience of Poverty
part |18 pages
Poverty and the Economy
part |11 pages
The Effects of Politics and Institutions
part |36 pages
Neighborhoods and Segregation
part |19 pages
How Important is Early Childhood?
part |10 pages
Incarceration and Poverty
part VI|188 pages
Who Gets Ahead?
part |53 pages
Class Mobility
part |10 pages
Income Mobility
part |18 pages
Classic Models of Status Attainment
part |72 pages
Education and Reproduction
part |24 pages
Labor Markets
part |28 pages
Social Capital, Networks, And Attainment
part 7|119 pages
Race and Ethnicity
part |14 pages
Constructing Racial Categories
part |33 pages
Classic Modes Of Incorporation
part |18 pages
New Modes of Incorporation
part |18 pages
Discrimination
chapter 86|5 pages
Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal?
part |35 pages
Are Racial and Ethnic Distinctions Declining in Significance?
part 8|350 pages
Gender Inequality
part |17 pages
Labor Force Participation
part |45 pages
Discrimination
part |116 pages
Sex Segregation
chapter 102|10 pages
Labor Markets as Queues
part |30 pages
Gender Gap in Wages
part |13 pages
How Gender Intersects
part |26 pages
A Stalling Out?
part 9|83 pages
The Consequences of Inequality
part |53 pages
Lifestyles
part |11 pages
Politics and Attitudes
part |18 pages
Health
part X|86 pages
The Future of Inequality
part |85 pages
Industrialism and Post-Industrialism
part |53 pages
Post-Socialism
part |16 pages
Post-Modernity and High Modernity
part |19 pages
Globalization and Inequality