ABSTRACT

For undergraduate courses in Social Stratification, Race, Class, and Gender, and Introduction to Gender Studies. Using a concise and easy-to-understand style, this text provides an integrated approach to the implications of social class, race and ethnicity, and gender-explaining how each relates to economic, social, and political inequality.

part |42 pages

The Nature of Inequality and Stratification

part |54 pages

Stratification in Industrial Societies

part |67 pages

Patterns of Inequality

part |57 pages

Experiencing Social Stratification

chapter |19 pages

Class and Lifestyles

chapter |15 pages

Class Consciousness

part |21 pages

Inheritance and Mobility

chapter |20 pages

Patterns of Social Mobility